Brooks

Famous quotes containing the word brooks:

“Oh when to apprize
Is to mesmerize,
To see fall down, the Column of Gold,
Into the commonest ash.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

“I loved. And a man will guard when he loves.
Their white-gowned democracy was my fair lady.
With her knife lying cold, straight, in the softness of her sweet-flowing sleeve.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

“They had never had one in the house before.
The strangeness of it all. Like unleashing
A lion, really. Poised
To pounce. A puma. A panther. A black
Bear.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)