We Real Cool

Here's another one from the same lit book- short and sweet. I attended an event in 2003 where the Wisconsin Poet Laureate read this poem. I like best read aloud.

We Real Cool

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die Soon.

-Gwendolyn Brooks