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The poem inspired Terrance Hayes' creation of the poetic form "golden shovel". The poem was printed in the booklet of Chicago metalcore band The Killing Tree's 2003 We Sing Sin, whose title is a reference to the poem. It is referenced in the song "We Real Cool" by the band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on their 2013 album Push the Sky Away.
During the one-year open call for submissions, 18,000 Americans wrote to the project volunteering to share their favorite poems. Submissions came from Americans ages 5 to 97, from every state, of diverse occupations, education and backgrounds. [1] [2] The project has prompted hundreds of Favorite Poem readings in cities and towns across the ...
A golden shovel is a poetic form in which the last word of each line forms a second, pre-existing poem (or section thereof), to which the poet is paying homage.. It was created by Terrance Hayes, whose poem "Golden Shovel" (from his 2010 collection Lighthead) [1] is based on Gwendolyn Brooks' "We Real Cool" (which begins with an epigraph that includes the phrase "Golden Shovel").
No other poet has been so honored. His "Favorite Poem Project" is unique, inviting all citizens to share their all-time favorite poetic composition and why they love it. He is a professor at Boston University and the poetry editor at Slate. "Poems to Read" [36] is a demonstration of his poetic vision, joining the word and the common man.
We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity is a 2004 book about masculinity by feminist author bell hooks. It collects ten essays on black men. The title alludes to Gwendolyn Brooks' 1959 poem "We Real Cool". The essays are intended to provide cultural criticism and solutions to the problems she identifies. [1]
John Ulrich Giesy (August 6, 1877 – September 8, 1947) was an American physician, novelist and author. He was one of the early writers in the Sword and Planet genre, with his Jason Croft series. [ 1 ]
It's been 11 years since LL COOL J released his last album and, after over a decade of teasing, the rapper is finally giving fans what they've been waiting for -- his 14th studio album.The highly ...
After being named California’s Poet Laureate by Governor Jerry Brown in 2012, Herrera created the i-Promise Joanna/Yo te Prometo Joanna Project, an anti-bullying poetry project. Joanna was an elementary school girl who was bullied and killed in an afterschool fight. The first half asks students to send in poems about the effects of bullying.