Favorite Poem Project Chicago: "The Children of the Poor" by Gwendolyn Brooks

Read by Naomi Beckwith

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"Then off they took you, off the jail,. A hundred hooting after. And you should have heard me at my house. I cut my lungs with my laughter.../// Laughter,./// Laughter...I cut my lungs with my laughter" those strong words deserve an audiobook

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Love it! Naomi did great reciting this!

[@gloriamitchell3518]

I met Gwendolyn Brooks many years ago. So proud of that fact.

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I am from Los Angeles, CA. These artforms remind me of the Watts Towers.

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Thanks you🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Jacob Collier brought me here!

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No offense to the Author or anything like that, but..... I HAD TO DO AN IN DEPTH ANALYSIS ON THIS AND I FELT DEAD INSIDE AFTER!