We Real Cool

I like this poem also the poem helps you paint a picture in your head of what the speaker or poet was thinking. I think everyone can relate to this poem, not because of experience but it’s the things we see other people involved in with their everyday life. I like how the poet or writer used “we” to make the readers feel like they are a part of the poem as if they can see themselves doing the same stuff the poem speaks of. The poem We Real Cool was written in 1950 on page 521. I will try to explain the parts of this poem to help people understand my interpretation of it. By using the title, I didn’t struggle with taking the first line of the poem as friends or friendship when it states “The Pool Players”. I know a lot of friends usually get together and go shoot pool usually guys but some females enjoy it also. The words “real cool” make you believe the poem is talking about anyone who is in this group
Always building memories and bond together as if you all knew each other forever. The life in the fast lane will eventually catch up to you and that’s why the last sentence to me go with the second line in this poem “seven at the Golden Shovel”. All seven friends will eventually meet up one day and have to be buried six feet under by using shovels. Life is short and it’s okay to enjoy your life and have fun but it’s also important to be careful. Live with no regrets because you never know when it’s your turn to go. Live life but don’t live recklessly. Everything you do will have a consequence for it. Too much drinking can lead to bigger problems and stay out late can get you in trouble sometimes. I hear a lot of people say they stay home to stay out of trouble. Cool was the word for how a group of people who do certain things likes having sex, drinking, skipping school, and not having a curfew. We Real Cool until like the other side of the