Wear Sunscreen is an essay, written by Mary Schmich and published in the Chicago Tribune as a column in June 1 1997. Originally printed in a newspaper column, this now famous poem was e-mailed around the world, identified as an M.I.T. graduation speech by author Kurt Vonnegut. The false attribution was never explained, but the poem became an Internet favorite. Get an Internet Degree from online colleges and universities. Click on "Click to Play" button above to start the "graduation speech".