One poem by this author features a preacher who imagines that God is lonely because no one will buy him a Coca-Cola, while another asks "who really gave two figs?"
One poem by this author features a preacher who imagines that God is lonely because no one will buy him a Coca-Cola, while another asks "who really gave two figs?" after describing soldiers who have orders to "devise a type of hooded gaze." In one of this author's poems, the speaker claims to have "stole your births and your names" and says "Believe me, I loved you all." In that poem, this writer wrote "abortions will not let you forget," and she described (*) "two who are Mostly Good" in another work. In addition to writing about an "old yellow pair" eating dinner, this poet of "The Mother" also described patrons of the Golden Shovel who "sing sin," "jazz june," and "die soon." For 10 points, name this poet of "The Bean-Eaters" and "We Real Cool."
One poem by this author features a preacher who imagines that God is lonely because no one will buy him a Coca-Cola, while another asks "who really gave two figs?"
Gwendolyn Brooks