“Surely--But I am very off from that.From surely. From indeed. From the decent arrowthat was my clean naivete and my faith.This morning, men deliver wounds and death.They will deliver death and wounds tomorrow.And I doubt all. You. Or a violet.”

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Books by Gwendolyn Brooks

Bronzeville Boys and Girls

1956

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Selected Poems (P.S.)

2006

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Seasons

2017

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