Inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem– We Real Cool
In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize.
We plant seeds. We
fill needs.
We work key. We
cost sees.
We fix fate. We
stay late.
We swap rage. We
slow age.
We coarse scheme. We
bright dream.
2/1/26
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C. S. De Dona
Author, Poet, Photographer, domestic violence survivor, and naturalized immigrant, Cornelia is currently an Arts and Letters member of The Southwest Florida Branch of The National League Of American Pen Women.
Cornelia lived in Kaneohe, Hawaii, for thirty-six years. Also, seven years in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York. She now resides in North Fort Myers, Florida.
Her poems and photography are published in print, online, and in Rain Bird, a literary and art journal of the University of Hawaii's Windward Community College (2008-2013).
In 2013, Cornelia received Rain Bird's Kolokolea Poetry Prize for her poem, "Speaking French."
In 2016, her chapbook "Hawaiian Time," entered in the National League of American Pen Women's Vinnie Ream contest, was awarded third place in their inaugural multi-discipline category.
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It’s always great to take a writer’s style or one of their works as a starting point. Very well done!
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Thank you!
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