Black History Month Poem about Pulitzer Prize winner Gwendolyn Brooks
My daughter Marieangelis is quite the artist herself, but for Black History Month, she wrote a poem for Gwendolyn Brooks. Gwendolyn Brooks won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950, for Annie Allen, making her the first African American to receive the Pulitzer. In this poem, my daughter Marieangelis put two of Gwendolyn’s poem names in the poem itself. How unique, I hope you like it!
Gwendolyn Brooks
Inspired countless crowds
Impacted messages so loud
With the power of a book
A difference in each piece
Themes reflecting variety
Inspiration stemmed
from a vivid reality
From the irreplaceable space
that inhabited a now-vacant lot
To the curiosity of life
In every stanza written fine
What we’ll find
Is a deeper meaning
Hidden between each line
Maybe a different perspective
A glance to the other side
learning from truth and deception
Is a way we can rise
For other poets or writers
Their meanings are cut and dry
But the masterpieces that Gwen paints with words
Is what earned her a Pulitzer Prize
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