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The Lovers of the Poor by Gwendolyn Brooks

10/7/2008 2:08:26 PM

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Gwendolyn Brooks
(1917 - 2000)

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The Lovers of the Poor

arrive. The Ladies from the Ladies' Betterment
League
Arrive in the afternoon, the late light sl .........
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Gwendolyn Brooks

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Leslie Wilson (5/5/2007 11:52:00 AM)
This poem speaks so clearly to the dogooders...who are so busy being charitable that they miss the arrogance and ignorance of their own acts..can't you see them 'cantoring' to their fine cars.....

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