We shall begin-- dear reader--with eloquent words. The last line from this poem: "Speech to the Young"has been bouncing in my head for a while so I'm really glad that I was able to find this poem in its entirety. I didn't know that Gwendolyn Brooks was the creative genius behind it.
Speech to the Young : Speech to the Progress-Toward
Say to them,
say to the down-keepers,
the sun-slappers,
the self-soilers,
the harmony-hushers,
"even if you are not ready for day
it cannot always be night."
You will be right.
For that is the hard home-run.
Live not for battles won.
Live not for the-end-of-the-song.
Live in the along.
say to the down-keepers,
the sun-slappers,
the self-soilers,
the harmony-hushers,
"even if you are not ready for day
it cannot always be night."
You will be right.
For that is the hard home-run.
Live not for battles won.
Live not for the-end-of-the-song.
Live in the along.
-Gwendolyn Brooks
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