Tuesday, February 8, 2011

"We real cool" Assignment

Adaptation of “The Pool Players. Seven At The Golden Shovel” by Gwendolyn Brooks’s.
We real cool
Left school,
Lurk late,
Strike straight,
Sing sin,
Thin gin,
Jazz June,
We.
We.
We.
We.
We.
We.
We take spoon.
We die soon.

                                                                                                                                                           

Find the original poem HERE

5 comments:

  1. Interesting interpretation, Jorge. I like all the "we"s in the middle. Is "take spoon" about using drugs? I am associating the image a little bit with heroin, etc. Is that right? If so, you've made the darkness a little darker.

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  2. Check out Hal's Blog. He gave the wrong address in class, but the right one is below:

    http://qinhaoing.blogspot.com/

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  3. Jess, "Take spoon" means something like that. I tried to write that part in a way that makes connection with all the "we", becausethe "we's" part let the meaning a little more selfish, wich let us know more about "theyr's" personality.

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  4. I like the last two sentences "We take spoon. We die soon." I have special feelings about them,it can read fluently.It is so cool!Good job!

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  5. WOO!! Special poem. Put all the "we" together is a great idea.

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