Gwendolyn Brooks

Jul 14, 2024 | deep.sweet.pub | Gwendolyn Brooks |Damane Zehra

Working as a resident in medicine can be tiring. You are expected to study, pass exams, take care of your patients without making any mistakes, keep your seniors happy, have friendly ties with your co-workers, work extremely long hours, and avoid conflict at all times. No one will ever think of your well-being or happiness. You'll be blamed and criticized even when your work is exceptional. You have to deal with the bitterness of many people every day.

Sep 28, 2023 | mministry.org | Gwendolyn Brooks |Mark Ramsey |Elizabeth Lynn

Posted on September 28, 2023 in Blog, Digging A Deeper Well “Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.” – Mary Oliver, Evidence (2009) Published in 2022, Shawn Ginwright ‘s The Four Pivots describes four shifts toward “Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves.” From Lens to Mirror From Transactional to Transformative From Problem to Possibility From Hustle to Flow Each of these pivots deserves attention. But as we think of challenges before church boards today, we want to focus on...

Aug 7, 2023 | poetryfoundation.org | Annie Finch |Jenny Zhang |Gwendolyn Brooks

1. Gwendolyn Brooks’s “the mother” is not an anti-abortion poem, despite being used repeatedly as an argument against abortion. In fact, “the mother” must be one of the most misunderstood poems in the English language. In the face of that misunderstanding of “the mother,” the poet’s literary estate developed a form letter that staff send when asked for permission to use the poem:“Ms. Brooks left specific restrictions for how this poem can be used.

Jun 7, 2023 | poetryfoundation.org | Gwendolyn Brooks

of the furious Who take Today and jerk it out of joint    have made new underpinnings and a Head.    Blacktime is time for chimeful poemhood but they decree a jagged chiming now. If there are flowers flowers must come out to the road. Rowdy!— knowing where wheels and people are, knowing where whips and screams are, knowing where deaths are, where the kind kills are.    As for that other kind of kindness, if there is milk it must be mindful.

Apr 11, 2023 | poetryfoundation.org | Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the most highly regarded, influential, and widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. She was a much-honored poet, even in her lifetime, with the distinction of being the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize. She also was poetry...