Gwendolyn Brooks- Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward

Posted on October 1, 2010 by The Soul Brother
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Other than school, my primary influence in the realm of African-American literature was my mother. A passion I enjoy to this day. Today, I would like to share a favorite from Gwendolyn Brooks. This poem has a message that all of us need to understand and embrace every day. 

Speech to the Young: Speech to 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. 

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