Ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter.
Nikki GiovanniI try to impress upon my students the importance of looking, listening... paying attention, in other words. You must pay attention.
Nikki GiovanniIโm a big fan of historyโapplying the lessons as well as the joys and sadness. If we pay attention, we would see how we affect each other. In terms of time, we are not that far from one another. If we were to look back a century, it would seem like a long time; but, if we look at it by decades then itโs only 10 years, and by generations itโs only five.
Nikki GiovanniWe are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.
Nikki Giovanni