Gwendolyn Brooks

7 June 1917 – 3 December 2000 / Topeka, Kansas

Popular Poems

Tommy
Riot
The Bean Eaters
Truth
The Independent Man
A Sunset Of The City
A Bronzeville Mother Loiters In Mississippi. Meanwhile, A Mississippi Mother Burns Bacon
One Wants A Teller In A Time Like This
The Lovers Of The Poor
Garbageman: The Man With The Orderly Mind
The Sonnet-Ballad
To Be In Love
The Mother
The Life Of Lincoln West