Brooks

Famous quotes containing the word brooks:

“When the Negroes came they were perplexed.
These Negroes looked like men.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

“I have eased
My dim dears at the breasts they could never suck.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

“The stench; the urine, cabbage, and dead beans,
Dead porridges of assorted dusty grains,
The old smoke, heavy diapers, and, they’re told,
Something called chitterlings.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)