Nikki Giovanni Never Poems
- 1. Poetry
poetry is motion graceful
as a fawn
gentle as a teardrop
strong like the eye
... - 2. Crutches
it's not the crutches we decry
it's the need to move forward
though we haven't the strength
... - 3. The Great Pax Whitie
In the beginning was the word
And the word was
Death
And the word was nigger
... - 4. A Poem On The Assassination Of Robert F. Kennedy
Trees are never felled . . . in summer . . . Not when the fruit . . .
is yet to be borne . . . Never before the promise . . . is fulfilled . . .
Not when their cooling shade . . . has yet to comfort . . .
... - 5. They Clapped
they clapped when we landed
thinking africa was just an extension
of the black world
they smiled as we taxied home to be met
... - 6. Habits
I haven't written a poem in so long
I may have forgotten how
unless writing a poem
is like riding a bike
... - 7. Sky Diving
I hang on the edge
of this universe
singing off-key
talking too loud
... - 8. Nikki-rosa
Childhood rememberances are
always a drag if you're Black
you always remember things like
living in Woodlawn with no inside toilet
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