Thursday, January 1, 2004

Speech To The Young : Speech To The Progress-Toward Comments

Rating: 3.9

Say to them,
say to the down-keepers,
the sun-slappers,
the self-soilers,
...
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Gwendolyn Brooks
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Mark Watney 11 February 2022

I have absolutely 0 idea what it means

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daboyinblack 24 March 2021

yesssir dis poem be where it at big dawg def mvp(most valuable poet)

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Dr Antony Theodore 27 November 2020

" even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night." You will be right. For that is the hard home-run. Struggles, problems leading a life through all that and great advice to all. tony

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James Robert Beswick 12 May 2020

yes make senses to make a speech

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n_word 12 February 2019

hey yehia i an dose not make sense fam

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NAme-jsJF 19 February 2021

YOu knot have Big paSs

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yehia 21 January 2018

I an afraid to say the word, ''live'' is a verb unless it is pronounced like '' life'' in the track. is it correct to pronounce it like life in this context?

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M.Miller 31 October 2021

The adjective 'Live' is pronounced almost like Life.

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Shelley L Baxter-stanley 15 September 2007

Another wonderous inspiring poem! I so Love Gwendolyn works...she was brilliant in her time and in modern times.Wish she was still around to write....10/10 =Shelley=

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Shorty Trouble 06 December 2006

Hey ya'll, This poem is very interesting! It's really just saying to live in the present and not the past! I got to go to class! More info later, maybe! !

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