We Real Cool

Brooks, Gwendolyn

Primary Category: Literature / Poetry

Genre: Poem

Annotated by:
Chen, Irene
Aull, Felice
  • Date of entry: May-07-2001

Summary

This poem describes the lifestyle of young rebels. They are "cool," having "left school," and enjoy themselves being bad. Although this gang is busy living life, they also realize that they "die soon."

Miscellaneous

First published: 1966

Primary Source

The World of Gwendolyn Brooks

Publisher

Harper & Row

Place Published

New York

Edition

1971