if nature is true we shall all lose our eyes since we canno… - Nikki Giovanni

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if nature is true
we shall all lose our eyes
since we cannot even now distinguish
the good from the evil
...i've a mind to build
a new world
want to play

Nikki Giovanni

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About Nikki Giovanni

Nikki Giovanni (June 7, 1943 – December 9, 2024) was an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator.

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Birth Name: Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr.

Alternative Names: Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr

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...i believe
the most beautiful poem
...is your heart
racing

If I were advising someone on a writing career, the deal is this: write. If you get it published, good. If somebody pays you, better, because you have to eat, but the deal is you have to write.

if trees could talk
wonder what they'd say
met an old man
...told me "girl! my hands seen
more than all
them books...
at tuskeegee"
...met an old woman
..."sista" she called to me
"...my feet
seen more than yo eyes
ever gonna read"
...if trees would talk
wonder what they'd tell me

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