Another short poem describes a group of seven pool players who "Jazz June" and "Die soon."
The first poem of one of this author's collections describes the impressions of a newborn baby, declaring that it will be years before the baby thinks, "How pinchy is my room!" while its second section is a mock-epic that precedes a final section entitled "The Womanhood." One poem by this author describes people for whom "'Dream' makes a giddy sound, not strong / Like 'rent,'" and who dream to get into lukewarm water. In addition to "kitchenette building," she wrote of the "beads and receipts and dolls and cloths" that fill the "rented back room" occupied by the title figures of another poem. Another short poem describes a group of seven pool players who "Jazz June" and "Die soon." For 10 points, name this American poet of Annie Allen, A Street in Bronzeville, "The Bean Eaters," and "We Real Cool."
The first poem of one of this author's collections describes the impressions of a newborn baby, declaring that it will be years before the baby thinks, "How pinchy is my room!" while its second section is a mock-epic that precedes a final section entitled "The Womanhood.
Gwendolyn Brooks