WELCOME TO A SITE DEVOTED TO EXPLORING THE USE OF COLLOQUIAL LANGUAGE IN GWENDOLYN BROOKS' POEM "WE REAL COOL." BELOW YOU WILL FIND THE POEM. OTHER TABS ARE DEDICATED TO FURTHERING YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF DIALECT IN THE POEM "WE REAL COOL" AND ABOUT GWENDOLYN BROOKS.

“ ‘The Negro poet’s most urgent duty, at present, is to polish his technique, his way of presenting his truths and his beauties…--1950’ ” –Gwendolyn Brooks reading her quote in an interview with George Stavros