The poet herself is the first speaker. The second speaker is the actor Morgan Freeman.
We Real Cool
By Gwendolyn Brooks
THE POOL PLAYERS.
SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
We Real Cool, written in 1959, was published in the 1960 book titled The Bean Eaters, Brooks third collection of poems.
