Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

Resignation

I love youbecause the Earth turns round the sunbecause the North wind blows northsometimesbecause the Pope is Catholicand most Rabbis Jewishbecause..

© Nikki Giovanni

Nikki-Rosa

Childhood rememberances arealways a drag if you're Blackyou always remember things likeliving in Woodlawn with no inside toiletand if you become..

© Nikki Giovanni

Life Cycles

she realizedshe wasn't oneof life's winnerswhen she wasn't surelife to her was some darkdirty secret thatlike some unwanted childtoo late for an..

© Nikki Giovanni

A Historical Footnote to Consider Only When All Else Fails

(For Barbara Crosby)While it is true(though only in a factual sense)That in the wake of aHer-I-can comes aShowerSurely I am notThe gravitating..

© Nikki Giovanni

Dreams

in my younger yearsbefore i learnedblack people aren'tsuppose to dreami wanted to bea raeletand say "dr o wn d in my youn tears"or "tal kin bout tal..

© Nikki Giovanni

A Summer Love Poem

Clouds float by on a summer skyI hop scotch over to youRainbows arch from ground to goldI climb over to youThunder grumbles, lightning tumblesAnd I..

© Nikki Giovanni

I'M Not Lonely

I'm not lonelysleeping all aloneyou think i'm scaredbut i'm a big girli don't cry or anythingI have a greatbig bed to roll aroundin and lots of..

© Nikki Giovanni

Always There Are The Children

and always there are the childrenthere will be children in the heat of daythere will be children in the cold of winterchildren like a quilted..

© Nikki Giovanni

Poem For A Lady Whose Voice I Like

so he said: you ain't got no talentif you didn't have a faceyou wouldn't be nobodyand she said: god created heaven and earthand all that's Black..

© Nikki Giovanni

Cotton Candy On A Rainy Day

Don't look nowI'm fading awayInto the gray of my morningsOr the blues of every nightIs it that my nailskeep breakingOr maybe the cornon my secind..

© Nikki Giovanni

Ego Tripping

I was born in the congoI walked to the fertile crescent and builtthe sphinxI designed a pyramid so tough that a starthat only glows every one hundred..

© Nikki Giovanni

Love Is

Some people forget that love istucking you in and kissing you'Good night'no matter how young or old you areSome people don't remember thatlove..

© Nikki Giovanni

Mothers

the last time i was hometo see my mother we kissedexchanged pleasantriesand unpleasantries pulled a warmcomforting silence aroundus and read separate..

© Nikki Giovanni

You Came, Too

wd for understandingI found youI came to the crowd to weepI came to the crowd to laughYou dried my tearsYou shared my happinessI went from the crowd..

© Nikki Giovanni

Beautiful Black Men

(With compliments and apologies to all not mentioned by name)i wanta say just gotta say somethingbout those beautiful beautiful beautiful..

© Nikki Giovanni

I Wrote A Good Omelet

I wrote a good omelet...and atea hot poem... after loving youButtoned my car...and drove mycoat home...in the rain...after loving youI goed on..

© Nikki Giovanni

Kidnap Poem

Ever been kidnappedby a poetif i were a poeti'd kidnap youput you in my phrases and meterYou to jones beachor maybe coney islandor maybe just to my..

© Nikki Giovanni

A Poem Of Friendship

We are not loversbecause of the lovewe makebut the lovewe haveWe are not friendsbecause of the laughswe spendbut the tearswe saveI don't want to be..

© Nikki Giovanni

And I Have You

Rain has dropsSun has shineMoon has beamsThat make you mineRivers have banksSands for shoresHearts have heartbeatsThat make me yoursNeedles have..

© Nikki Giovanni

Choices

not the same thingbut it's the best i candoIf i can't havewhat i want... thenmy job is to wantwhat i've gotand be satisfiedthat at least thereis..

© Nikki Giovanni

Knoxville Tennessee

I always like summerBestyou can eat fresh cornFrom daddy's gardenAnd okraAnd greensAnd cabbageAnd lots ofBarbequeAnd buttermilkAnd homemade..

© Nikki Giovanni

Balances

In lifeone is alwaysbalancinglike we juggle our mothersagainst our fathersor one teacheragainst another(only to balance our grade average)3 grains of..

© Nikki Giovanni

The Peaks Of Valor

These are the peaks of valor; keeping clean your father's name,Too brave for petty profit to risk the brand of shame,Adventuring for the future, yet..

© Edgar Albert Guest

A Personal View Of War

I NEVER pondered much on war,Except to think it was inspiringTo have a cause to battle for,To hear the guns and cannons firing;To see brave men rush..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Now And Then

Why not think a decent thought,Now and then?Why not ponder, as you ought,Now and then?Get your mind out of the mire,To the higher things aspire,Claim..

© Edgar Albert Guest