One of Ms. Brooks’ most endearing and best loved poems, “a song in the front yard” is about a young girl who is usually restricted to her front yard. She dreams of the larger, bolder possibilities in, and beyond, her back yard. 

Graphic Gwendolyn is an exciting concept, an illustrated full-color poetry series featuring the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks.  This comic format expands Brooks’ legacy into a new medium.