Love poems

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Where to find it

Davis Library (8th floor)

Call Number
PS3557.I55 L68 1997
Status
Available

Stone Center Library

Call Number
PS3557.I55 L68 1997 c. 3
Status
Available

Undergrad Library

Call Number
PS3557.I55 L68 1997 c. 2
Status
Available

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Summary

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 spirited wit for which Nikki Giovanni is beloved and revered.

Romantic, bold, and erotic, Love Poems expresses notions of love in ways that are delightfully unexpected. Articulating in sensuous verse what we know only instinctively, Nikki Giovanni once again confirms her place as one of our nations's most distinguished poets and powerful truth-tellers.

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.

Contents

  • I. I Hope It's Love p. 11
  • What It Is p. 13
  • That Day p. 15
  • The Way I Feel p. 17
  • Kidnap Poem p. 19
  • Giddiyap p. 20
  • I Wrote a Good Omelet p. 22
  • A Summer Love Poem p. 23
  • Communication p. 24
  • Love Is p. 25
  • I Do Have My Likes and Dislikes p. 26
  • Seduction p. 27
  • Things That Go Together p. 28
  • And I Have You p. 29
  • A Poem of Friendship p. 30
  • My House p. 31
  • Just a Simple Declaration of Love p. 33
  • Beautiful Black Men p. 34
  • You Were Gone p. 36
  • Cancers p. 37
  • The Only True Lovers Are Chefs or Happy Birthday, Edna Lewis p. 39
  • II. And Yeah ... These Are Love Poems p. 43
  • A Greater Love of God and Country p. 44
  • For Tommy p. 46
  • Mothers p. 47
  • A Poem for langston hughes p. 49
  • When Gamble and Huff Ruled p. 50
  • You Are There p. 53
  • And Yeah ... This Is A Love Poem p. 55
  • Swaziland p. 59
  • For Theresa p. 60
  • All Eyez On U p. 62
  • III. I Take Master Card (Charge Your Love to Me) p. 65
  • A Theory of Pole Beans p. 67
  • No Furnaces (For Valentine's Day) p. 69
  • August p. 70
  • Poetry Is a Trestle p. 71
  • 1995 p. 73
  • A Happy Reason p. 74
  • Balances p. 75
  • Love In Place p. 76
  • Three/Quarters Time p. 77
  • Resignation p. 78
  • Poem p. 81
  • Luxury p. 82
  • When I Nap p. 83
  • The Butterfly p. 84
  • I Want To Sing p. 85
  • Rain p. 86
  • How Do You Write a Poem? p. 87
  • Just a New York Poem p. 89
  • Telephone Poem p. 91
  • You Came, Too p. 92
  • Her Flying Trapeze p. 93
  • I Take Master Card p. 94
  • In All Seasons p. 96

Sample chapter

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. Excerpted from Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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