From inside the bookTry this search over all volumes: BONG BONG What people are saying - Write a reviewReview: In Montgomery: And Other PoemsUser Review - Allison - GoodreadsI couldn't really get into her poetry, although she spoke about some poignant topics Read full review Review: In Montgomery: And Other PoemsUser Review - Melissa Reinke - GoodreadsBrooks' collection of poems "Children Coming Home" has stuck with me since middle school. Each poem is written from the perspective of an inner-city child, mostly focused on their lives outside of school. One of my favorites is "White Girls are Peculiar People." Read full review Related books
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5 other sections not shown Common terms and phrasesain seen Ain't Alabama Alfred Appleseed Astonishment of Heart Aunt Dill beautiful Black children Black love blood blue Briggs brothers Chicago Chicago State University Children Coming Home clean dance Danny Glover death dolls door E.D. Nixon eighty nine Emmett faces flowers folks giants Girl gone gorilla gray green Gwendolyn Brooks hair hand hate Illinois Jane Addams Johnny Appleseed Kojo Lady Leon Hall light line of Leopold look Lord Martin King Maud Martha Mecca Melodie Mary Miracle and Montgomery Moneta Sleet Jr monsters Montgomery are dead Montgomery Improvement Association morning mother Nelson never Nice Number peaceful poem Poet scream sing song Soul Soul Stirrers Street stride sweet teacher tell there's thing about school think of Montgomery Thomas Earl Thomas Reed uncle WABX wait wanna wants her baby Way-out Morgan Winnie Mandela world might continue young Yvonne References to this bookFrom Google ScholarThe Sonnets of Satin-Legs BrooksKaren Jackson Ford - 2007 - Contemporary Literature The Sonnets of Satin-Legs BrooksGwendolyn Brooks - Contemporary Literature Bibliographic information |