"We Real Cool"

This week's inspiring video: "We Real Cool" Having trouble reading this mail? View it in your browser. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe   Video of the Week Nov 23, 2017   "We Real Cool"   John Ulrich, a student at the Massachusets College of Art and Design, reads Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem, ”We Real Cool," which speaks to him and his generation in the depressed neighborhood of South Boston where so many young friends and neighbors have taken their own lives. In four verses of two rhyming lines each, the poem evokes rebelliousness, youth, the seven deadly sins, and mortality. "We Real Cool" was written in 1959 and published in Brooks' third collection of poetry, "The Bean Eaters," in 1960. Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an American poet, author, and teacher who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950 for a volume titled "Annie Allen." Watch and listen as Ulrich recites the poem that tells his story. Share:              Related KarmaTube Videos Grateful: A Love Song to the World Mother Trees Connect the Forest Caine's Cardboard Arcade Sound of Music Train Station   About KarmaTube:   KarmaTube is a collection of inspiring videos accompanied by simple actions every viewer can take. We invite you to get involved.       Other ServiceSpace Projects: DailyGood  //   Conversations  //   iJourney  //   HelpOthers MovedByLove  //  CF Sites  //  Karma Kitchen  //   More Thank you for helping us spread the good. This newsletter now reaches 69,157 subscribers.