THE CRAZY WOMAN

Gwendolin Brooks 1917-2000

I shall not sing a May song.

A May song should be gay.

I'll wait until November

And sing a song of grey.

I'll wait until November

That is the time for me.

I'll go out in the frosty dark

And sing most terribly.

And all the little people

Will stare at me and say,

"That is the Crazy Woman

Who would not sing in May."

This American poet and teacher was the first black person to win a Pulitzer Prize. 

She was appointed Poet Laureate for Illinois in 1968, a post she held till her death.

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