Nikki Giovanni Poems

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21.
Life Cycles

she realized
she wasn't one
of life's winners
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22.
Winter Poem

once a snowflake fell
on my brow and i loved
it so much and i kissed
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23.
Crutches

it's not the crutches we decry
it's the need to move forward
though we haven't the strength
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24.
Seduction

One day
you gonna walk in this house
and i'm gonna have a long African
...

25.
My First Memory ( Of Librarians )

This is my first memory:
A big room with heavy wooden tables that sat on a creaky
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26.
Habits

I haven't written a poem in so long
I may have forgotten how
unless writing a poem
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27.
Poetry

poetry is motion graceful
as a fawn
gentle as a teardrop
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28.
A Journey

It's a journey . . . that I propose . . . I am not the guide . . . nor technical assistant . . . I will be your fellow passenger . . .
...

29.
Knoxville, Tennessee

I always like summer
best
you can eat fresh corn
...

30.
Resignation

I love you
because the Earth turns round the sun
because the North wind blows north
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