Love poems / Nikki Giovanni

By: Giovanni, NikkiMaterial type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: 96 pages ; 19 cmISBN: 0688149898; 9780688149895Subject(s): Love poetry, American | African Americans -- PoetryGenre/Form: Poetry. DDC classification: 811/.54 LOC classification: PS3557.I55 | L68 1997Online resources: Contributor biographical information
Contents:
I hope it's love. What it is -- That day -- The way I feel -- Kidnap poem -- Giddiyap -- I wrote a good omelet -- A summer love poem -- Communication -- Love is -- I do have my likes and dislikes -- Seduction -- Things that go together -- And I have you -- A poem of friendship -- My house -- Just a simple declaration of love -- Beautiful black men -- You were gone -- Cancers -- The only true lovers are chefs or happy birthday, Edna Lewis-- And yeah-these are love poems. A greater love of God and country -- For Tommy -- Mothers -- A poem for langston hughes -- When gamble and huff ruled -- You are there -- And yeah ... this is a love poem -- Swaziland -- For Theresa -- All eyez on u -- I take Master Card (Charge your love to me). A theory of pole beans -- No furnaces (for Valentine's Day) -- August -- Poetry is a trestle -- 1995 -- A happy reason -- Balances -- Love in place -- Three / quarter time -- Resignation -- Poem -- Luxury -- When I nap -- The butterfly -- I want to sing -- Rain -- How do you write a poem? -- Just a New York poem -- Telephone poem -- You came, too -- Her flying trapeze -- I take Master Card -- In all seasons
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 controversial writers. Now, she presents a collection of love poems that includes more than twenty new works."--Publisher
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library
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I hope it's love. What it is -- That day -- The way I feel -- Kidnap poem -- Giddiyap -- I wrote a good omelet -- A summer love poem -- Communication -- Love is -- I do have my likes and dislikes -- Seduction -- Things that go together -- And I have you -- A poem of friendship -- My house -- Just a simple declaration of love -- Beautiful black men -- You were gone -- Cancers -- The only true lovers are chefs or happy birthday, Edna Lewis-- And yeah-these are love poems. A greater love of God and country -- For Tommy -- Mothers -- A poem for langston hughes -- When gamble and huff ruled -- You are there -- And yeah ... this is a love poem -- Swaziland -- For Theresa -- All eyez on u -- I take Master Card (Charge your love to me). A theory of pole beans -- No furnaces (for Valentine's Day) -- August -- Poetry is a trestle -- 1995 -- A happy reason -- Balances -- Love in place -- Three / quarter time -- Resignation -- Poem -- Luxury -- When I nap -- The butterfly -- I want to sing -- Rain -- How do you write a poem? -- Just a New York poem -- Telephone poem -- You came, too -- Her flying trapeze -- I take Master Card -- In all seasons

"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 controversial writers. Now, she presents a collection of love poems that includes more than twenty new works."--Publisher

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