[I Wrote A Good Omelet]

I wrote a good omelet…and ate a hot poem… after loving you Buttoned my car…and drove my coat home…in the rain… after loving you I goed on red…and stopped on green…floating somewhere in between… being here and being there… after loving you I rolled my bed…turned down my hair…slightly confused but…I don’t care… Laid out my teeth…and gargled my gown…then I stood …and laid me down… To sleep… after loving you

Nikki Giovanni

adult hood - nikki giovanni

from the collected poetry by nikki giovanni

august // nikki giovanni

Operation: Get Down Presents A New Spiritual Experience, Starring High Priestess of Soul Nina Simone, with Myrna Summers & The Interdenominational Singers, and Black Poetess Nik[k]i Giovanni, Masonic Temple, Detroit, October 24, 1971. Poster Design: Globe Poster Company

"Choices" by Nikki Giovanni

Balances

by Nikki Giovanni

in life one is always balancing like we juggle our mothers against our fathers or one teacher against another (only to balance our grade average) 3 grains of salt to one ounce truth our sweet black essence or the funky honkies down the street and lately i’ve begun wondering if you’re trying to tell me something we used to talk all night and do things alone together and i’ve begun (as a reaction to a feeling) to balance the pleasure of loneliness against the pain of loving you  

nikki giovanni, “just a simple declaration of love”

James Baldwin in conversation with Nikki Giovanni

Nikki Giovanni, ‘Allowables’, “Chasing Utopia”, 2013 Source This poem was once making the rounds and I thought I’d share it again. 

emotions aren’t masculine or feminine. they’re human. normalize them.

- A message from 23 nights temple -

“Today is the youngest day of your life. It’s not too late, there are plenty of things you can do.”

-二十三夜堂からのメッセージ-

”今日があなたの人生で一ばん若い日です。これからでも遅くない、やれることはいくらでもあります。”

“If you love a person, you say to that person, "Look, I love you, whatever that may be. I've seen quite a bit of it and I know there's lots that I haven't seen, but still it's you and I want you to be what you want to be. And I won't be happy if I've got you in a cage. You'd be a bird without song."

– Alan Watts

Sade