Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an African-American poet. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950 and was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968 and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1985.
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Famous quotes by gwendolyn brooks:
“She saw all things except herself serene:
Child, big black woman, pretty kitchen towels.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“For youth is a frail thing, not unafraid.
Firstly inclined to take what it is told.
Firstly inclined to lean. Greedy to give
Faith tidy and total. To a total God.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“‘Now bury your bird,’ the wind it bawled,
‘And bury him down and down
Who had to put his trust in one
So light-eyed and so brown....’”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“Build with lithe love. With love like lion-eyes.
With love like morningrise.
With love like black, our black—
luminously indiscreet;
complete; continuous.’”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“Sadie was one of the livingest chits
In all the land.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)