Love Poems
In a career that has spanned more than a quarter century, Nikki Giovanni has earned the reputation as one of America's most celebrated and contoversial writers.Now, she presents a stunning collection of love poems that includes more than twenty new works.\ From the revolutionary "Seduction" to the tender new poem, "Just a Simple Declaration of Love," from the whimsical "I Wrote a Good Omelet" to the elegiac "All Eyez on U," written for Tupac Shakur, these poems embody the fearless passion and...
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In a career that has spanned more than a quarter century, starting with her explosive early years in the Black Rights Movement, Nikki Giovanni has earned a reputation as one of America's most celebrated and controversial writers. Her mind-speaking work has made her a universal favorite and a number-one best-seller.The love poems-the revolutionary "Seduction," the whimsical "I Wrote a Good Omelet," and the tender "My House" to name just a few-are among the most beloved of all Nikki Giovanni's works. Now, Love Poems brings together these and other favorites with over twenty new poems. Romantic, bold, and erotic, Love Poems will once again confirm Nikki Giovanni's place among the country's most renowned poets and truth tellers.Library JournalThe bold, romantic, and sometimes erotic poems found here include "Seduction," "I Wrote a Good Omelet," and "My House."
Love Poems\ \ What It Is\ if it's a trail we can hike it\ if it has two wheels we can bike it\ if it's an allergy we can sneeze it\ if it's a pimple we can squeeze it\ if it's dew it "covers Dixie"\ if it's Tinker Bell it's a pixie\ if it's a breeze it can blow us\ if it's the sun it can know us\ if it's a song we can sing it\ if it flies we can wing it\ if it's soda pop then it's drinkable\ it might be X-Rated but that's unthinkable\ if it's a boat we can sail it\ if it's a letter we can mail it\ if it's a star we can let it shine\ if it's the moon it can make you mine\ if it's grass we can rake it\ if it's free why not take it\ if it's a tide it can ebb\ if it's a spider it can web\ if it's chocolate we can dip it\ if it's a golf ball we can chip it\ if it's gum we can chew it\ I hope it's love so we can do it\ Love Poems\ . Copyright © by Nikki Giovanni. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold.
What It Is13That Day15The Way I Feel17Kidnap Poem19Giddiyap20I Wrote a Good Omelet22A Summer Love Poem23Communication24Love Is25I Do Have My Likes and Dislikes26Seduction27Things That Go Together28And I Have You29A Poem of Friendship30My House31Just a Simple Declaration of Love33Beautiful Black Men34You Were Gone36Cancers37The Only True Lovers Are Chefs or Happy Birthday, Edna Lewis39A Greater Love of God and Country44For Tommy46Mothers47A Poem for langston hughes49When Gamble and Huff Ruled50You Are There53And Yeah ... This Is A Love Poem55Swaziland59For Theresa60All Eyez On U62A Theory of Pole Beans67No Furnaces (For Valentine's Day)69August70Poetry Is a Trestle71199573A Happy Reason74Balances75Love In Place76Three/Quarters Time77Resignation78Poem81Luxury82When I Nap83The Butterfly84I Want To Sing85Rain86How Do You Write a Poem?87Just a New York Poem89Telephone Poem91You Came, Too92Her Flying Trapeze93I Take Master Card94In All Seasons96
\ Library JournalThe bold, romantic, and sometimes erotic poems found here include "Seduction," "I Wrote a Good Omelet," and "My House."\ \
