(For Barbara Crosby) While it is true (though only in a factual sense) That in the wake of a…
an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Her primary focus is on the individual and the power one has to make a difference in oneself and in the lives of others. Giovanni’s poetry expresses strong racial pride, respect for family, and her own experiences as a daughter, a civil rights activist, and a mother. She is currently a distinguished professor of English at Virginia Tech. Nikki Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tennessee to Yolande Cornelia, Sr. and Jones "Gus" Giovanni. She grew up in Lincoln Heights, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1960 began her studies at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, her grandfather's alma mater. She graduated in 1967 with honors, receiving a B.A. in history. Afterward she went on to attend the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University. In 1969 Giovanni began teaching at Livingston College of Rutgers University, and since 1987, she has taught writing and literature at Virginia Tech, where she is a University Distinguished Professor. She has received nineteen honorary doctorates and a myriad of other awards, including "Woman of the Year" awards from three different magazines as well as the key to several different cities. She is a member of Order of Eastern Star (PHA), and an Honorary Member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.)
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It's a journey . . . that I propose . . . I am not the guide . . . nor technical assistant . . . I will be your fellow passenger . . . Though the rail has been ridden . . . winter…
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all i gotta do is sit and wait sit and wait and it's gonna find…
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and always there are the children there will be children in the heat of day there will be children in the cold of winter…
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Rain has drops Sun has shine Moon has beams That make you mine…
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We are not lovers because of the love we make but the love…
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 . . .…
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Clouds float by on a summer sky I hop scotch over to you Rainbows arch from ground to gold I climb over to you…
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In life one is always balancing…
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(With compliments and apologies to all not mentioned by name) i wanta say just gotta say something bout those beautiful beautiful beautiful outasight…
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If i can't do what i want to do then my job is to not do what i don't want…
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Don't look now I'm fading away Into the gray of my mornings Or the blues of every night…
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it's not the crutches we decry it's the need to move forward though we haven't the strength…
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in my younger years before i learned black people aren't suppose to dream…
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I was born in the congo I walked to the fertile crescent and built the sphinx I designed a pyramid so tough that a star…
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