We / Die soon".
This poet commented, "You need the untranslatable ice to watch" in a poem appearing in the appendix of a collection that features "the sonnet-ballad" which questions, "Oh mother, mother, where is happiness?" This poet asserted, "Abortions will not let you forget" and began another poem, "Think of sweet and choclate / Left to folly or to fate". One book features sections titled "Womanhood" and "The Anniad", and she also wrote "Dinner is a casual affair" for the eponymous "old yellow pair" in "The Bean Eaters". This author of A Street in Bronzeville and Annie Allen wrote a poem including the lines, "We / Jazz June. We / Die soon". For 10 points, name this female African-American poet who wrote "We Real Cool".
This poet commented, "You need the untranslatable ice to watch" in a poem appearing in the appendix of a collection that features "the sonnet-ballad" which questions, "Oh mother, mother, where is happiness?"
Gwendolyn Brooks