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         Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)

A Penitent Considers Another Coming of Mary

                        For Reverend Theodore Richardson
 

First Line: If Mary came would Mary

This poem is protected by copyright and cannot be displayed without permission of the copyright holder. It can be found in:

  • Brooks, Gwendolyn. The Bean Eaters. New York: Harpers & Brothers, Publishers, 1960.

    Gwendolyn Brooks recieved the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950, the first black author to win in any category. She succeeded Carl Sandburg as the Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968.