#nikkigiovanni — Public Fediverse posts

Now the white boys are policemen shooting unarmed 14-year-olds to death. Or they are billionaires running for president. Stirring up hate. I’m not sure fathers are necessary beyond their biological function. If we are going to criminalize women for abortions, shouldn’t we also criminalize the men who impregnated them?(2/2) – #NikkiGiovanni #BlackHistory

Now the white boys are policemen shooting unarmed 14-year-olds to death. Or they are billionaires running for president. Stirring up hate. I’m not sure fathers are necessary beyond their biological function. If we are going to criminalize women for abortions, shouldn’t we also criminalize the men who impregnated them?(2/2) – #NikkiGiovanni #BlackHistory

Now the white boys are policemen shooting unarmed 14-year-olds to death. Or they are billionaires running for president. Stirring up hate. I’m not sure fathers are necessary beyond their biological function. If we are going to criminalize women for abortions, shouldn’t we also criminalize the men who impregnated them?(2/2) – #NikkiGiovanni #BlackHistory

I read now about the need for black boys to have fathers in the homes, and I wonder. White boys have fathers at home, and they end up in the KKK. The white boys end up calling us names. Spitting at us and worse...(1/2) – #NikkiGiovanni #BlackHistory

I read now about the need for black boys to have fathers in the homes, and I wonder. White boys have fathers at home, and they end up in the KKK. The white boys end up calling us names. Spitting at us and worse...(1/2) – #NikkiGiovanni #BlackHistory

I read now about the need for black boys to have fathers in the homes, and I wonder. White boys have fathers at home, and they end up in the KKK. The white boys end up calling us names. Spitting at us and worse...(1/2) – #NikkiGiovanni #BlackHistory

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts.
-- Nikki Giovanni

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #NikkiGiovanni #Mistakes

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts.
-- Nikki Giovanni

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #NikkiGiovanni #Mistakes

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts.
-- Nikki Giovanni

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #NikkiGiovanni #Mistakes

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah

James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni "A Conversation". Full Broadcast Video （2時間程度・英語）

ジオヴァニ氏「愛はとんでもない責任ですよね。」
ボールドウィン氏「愛という責任だけは取るべきと言える。他はないさ。」（意訳）

やっと見る時間が作れて嬉しい長編インタビュー（対話？）
時代を感じるところ（ずっっっとタバコ吸ってるところとかw）はあるけど、その分なんだか全時代を生きて希望を、愛を選んだ方々の話が聞けてこっちも未来を作る、作れる気持ちになる
周りを見て暗い気持ちになりがちな今時こそ見る甲斐があるかも

閲覧注意：性別二元論、人種差別、虐待、侮蔑的な表現

Giovanni: Love is a tremendous responsibility.
Baldwin: It's the only one to take. There isn't any other.

Very glad I finally made the time to watch this conversation in full
There's a lot about it that speaks to the era it was filmed (the perpetual smoking, for one 😅), but there's something hopeful about seeing elders who lived through a different time choosing hope and love. It makes me feel like I, too, can help build a better future
Especially in dark times like the ones we're in now, it's the kind of thing that's important to see, I think

Content Warning: Gender essentialism, Racism, Abuse, Use of slurs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4OPYp4s0tc

#NikkiGiovanni #JamesBaldwin

James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni "A Conversation". Full Broadcast Video （2時間程度・英語）

ジオヴァニ氏「愛はとんでもない責任ですよね。」
ボールドウィン氏「愛という責任だけは取るべきと言える。他はないさ。」（意訳）

やっと見る時間が作れて嬉しい長編インタビュー（対話？）
時代を感じるところ（ずっっっとタバコ吸ってるところとかw）はあるけど、その分なんだか全時代を生きて希望を、愛を選んだ方々の話が聞けてこっちも未来を作る、作れる気持ちになる
周りを見て暗い気持ちになりがちな今時こそ見る甲斐があるかも

閲覧注意：性別二元論、人種差別、虐待、侮蔑的な表現

Giovanni: Love is a tremendous responsibility.
Baldwin: It's the only one to take. There isn't any other.

Very glad I finally made the time to watch this conversation in full
There's a lot about it that speaks to the era it was filmed (the perpetual smoking, for one 😅), but there's something hopeful about seeing elders who lived through a different time choosing hope and love. It makes me feel like I, too, can help build a better future
Especially in dark times like the ones we're in now, it's the kind of thing that's important to see, I think

Content Warning: Gender essentialism, Racism, Abuse, Use of slurs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4OPYp4s0tc

#NikkiGiovanni #JamesBaldwin

James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni "A Conversation". Full Broadcast Video （2時間程度・英語）

ジオヴァニ氏「愛はとんでもない責任ですよね。」
ボールドウィン氏「愛という責任だけは取るべきと言える。他はないさ。」（意訳）

やっと見る時間が作れて嬉しい長編インタビュー（対話？）
時代を感じるところ（ずっっっとタバコ吸ってるところとかw）はあるけど、その分なんだか全時代を生きて希望を、愛を選んだ方々の話が聞けてこっちも未来を作る、作れる気持ちになる
周りを見て暗い気持ちになりがちな今時こそ見る甲斐があるかも

閲覧注意：性別二元論、人種差別、虐待、侮蔑的な表現

Giovanni: Love is a tremendous responsibility.
Baldwin: It's the only one to take. There isn't any other.

Very glad I finally made the time to watch this conversation in full
There's a lot about it that speaks to the era it was filmed (the perpetual smoking, for one 😅), but there's something hopeful about seeing elders who lived through a different time choosing hope and love. It makes me feel like I, too, can help build a better future
Especially in dark times like the ones we're in now, it's the kind of thing that's important to see, I think

Content Warning: Gender essentialism, Racism, Abuse, Use of slurs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4OPYp4s0tc

#NikkiGiovanni #JamesBaldwin

"People want to say their child will be upset, so 'we don’t want a book about slavery because it hurts my child’s feelings.' Well, they didn’t hurt your child’s feelings as much as it hurt the people who were enslaved, so get over it." – #NikkiGiovanni #BlackHistory

"People want to say their child will be upset, so 'we don’t want a book about slavery because it hurts my child’s feelings.' Well, they didn’t hurt your child’s feelings as much as it hurt the people who were enslaved, so get over it." – #NikkiGiovanni #BlackHistory

"People want to say their child will be upset, so 'we don’t want a book about slavery because it hurts my child’s feelings.' Well, they didn’t hurt your child’s feelings as much as it hurt the people who were enslaved, so get over it." – #NikkiGiovanni #BlackHistory

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y4OPYp4s0tc#

Getting into James Baldwin. So many of his concerns are still ours today, regardless of color, and he's comforting to hear, but makes me sad to realize that even after his eloquence and our efforts, the world refuses to change into a home of patience, inclusion, kindness, courage and dignity. 🤬

#justice
#conversations
#theopenworldof42
#history
#truth
#soul
#nikkigiovanni
#jamesbaldwin
#love
#art

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y4OPYp4s0tc#

Getting into James Baldwin. So many of his concerns are still ours today, regardless of color, and he's comforting to hear, but makes me sad to realize that even after his eloquence and our efforts, the world refuses to change into a home of patience, inclusion, kindness, courage and dignity. 🤬

#justice
#conversations
#theopenworldof42
#history
#truth
#soul
#nikkigiovanni
#jamesbaldwin
#love
#art

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y4OPYp4s0tc#

Getting into James Baldwin. So many of his concerns are still ours today, regardless of color, and he's comforting to hear, but makes me sad to realize that even after his eloquence and our efforts, the world refuses to change into a home of patience, inclusion, kindness, courage and dignity. 🤬

#justice
#conversations
#theopenworldof42
#history
#truth
#soul
#nikkigiovanni
#jamesbaldwin
#love
#art

Played around with a trail photo (from my forest walk).

[ Choices By #NikkiGiovanni.

If i can't do
what i want to do
then my job is to not
do what i don't want
to do

It's not the same thing
but it's the best i can
do

If i can't have
what i want . . . then
my job is to want
what i've got
and be satisfied
that at least there
is something more to want

Since i can't go
where i need
to go . . . then i must . . . go
where the signs point
through always understanding
parallel movement
isn't lateral

When i can't express
what i really feel
i practice feeling
what i can express
and none of it is equal

I know
but that's why mankind
alone among the animals
learns to cry. ]

#Choices #poetry #VisualArt #PhotoArt #nature #portals #pathways #trails #Poem #photography #Mirrored #art #LifePaths #GoYourOwnWay #Winter #SummerInYourSoul #forest

Played around with a trail photo (from my forest walk).

[ Choices By #NikkiGiovanni.

If i can't do
what i want to do
then my job is to not
do what i don't want
to do

It's not the same thing
but it's the best i can
do

If i can't have
what i want . . . then
my job is to want
what i've got
and be satisfied
that at least there
is something more to want

Since i can't go
where i need
to go . . . then i must . . . go
where the signs point
through always understanding
parallel movement
isn't lateral

When i can't express
what i really feel
i practice feeling
what i can express
and none of it is equal

I know
but that's why mankind
alone among the animals
learns to cry. ]

#Choices #poetry #VisualArt #PhotoArt #nature #portals #pathways #trails #Poem #photography #Mirrored #art #LifePaths #GoYourOwnWay #Winter #SummerInYourSoul #forest

Played around with a trail photo (from my forest walk).

[ Choices By #NikkiGiovanni.

If i can't do
what i want to do
then my job is to not
do what i don't want
to do

It's not the same thing
but it's the best i can
do

If i can't have
what i want . . . then
my job is to want
what i've got
and be satisfied
that at least there
is something more to want

Since i can't go
where i need
to go . . . then i must . . . go
where the signs point
through always understanding
parallel movement
isn't lateral

When i can't express
what i really feel
i practice feeling
what i can express
and none of it is equal

I know
but that's why mankind
alone among the animals
learns to cry. ]

#Choices #poetry #VisualArt #PhotoArt #nature #portals #pathways #trails #Poem #photography #Mirrored #art #LifePaths #GoYourOwnWay #Winter #SummerInYourSoul #forest

Autonomies: **Wishes for the new year**

https://autonomies.org/2026/01/wishes-for-the-new-year/

So, certainly, things have changed. And there is a lot to do. The next century is right on us. Policemen need to give up their guns. Society needs to dismantle all our prisons. If we need to detain people, a … Continue reading →

#Poiesis #EnekolasHeras #NikkiGiovanni

Autonomies: **Wishes for the new year**

https://autonomies.org/2026/01/wishes-for-the-new-year/

So, certainly, things have changed. And there is a lot to do. The next century is right on us. Policemen need to give up their guns. Society needs to dismantle all our prisons. If we need to detain people, a … Continue reading →

#Poiesis #EnekolasHeras #NikkiGiovanni

Autonomies: **Wishes for the new year**

https://autonomies.org/2026/01/wishes-for-the-new-year/

So, certainly, things have changed. And there is a lot to do. The next century is right on us. Policemen need to give up their guns. Society needs to dismantle all our prisons. If we need to detain people, a … Continue reading →

#Poiesis #EnekolasHeras #NikkiGiovanni

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheCraigCharlesFunkAndSoulShow

Nikki Giovanni:
🎵 Poem For A Lady Whose Voice I Like

#NikkiGiovanni

https://nikkigiovannimh.bandcamp.com/track/poem-for-a-lady-whose-voice-i-like

https://open.spotify.com/track/1j2THeIRR7pwny3H4Lu7Zp

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheCraigCharlesFunkAndSoulShow

Nikki Giovanni:
🎵 Poem For A Lady Whose Voice I Like

#NikkiGiovanni

https://nikkigiovannimh.bandcamp.com/track/poem-for-a-lady-whose-voice-i-like

https://open.spotify.com/track/1j2THeIRR7pwny3H4Lu7Zp

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheCraigCharlesFunkAndSoulShow

Nikki Giovanni:
🎵 Poem For A Lady Whose Voice I Like

#NikkiGiovanni

https://nikkigiovannimh.bandcamp.com/track/poem-for-a-lady-whose-voice-i-like

https://open.spotify.com/track/1j2THeIRR7pwny3H4Lu7Zp

Hanging out with two poems today, both getting at a bit of the secret history we all carry, but in very different ways.

Excerpt from poem #1, "Nikki-Rosa" by Nikki Giovanni

"childhood remembrances are always a drag
if you’re Black
you always remember things like living in Woodlawn
with no inside toilet
and if you become famous or something
they never talk about how happy you were to have
your mother
all to yourself and
how good the water felt when you got your bath
from one of those
big tubs that folk in chicago barbecue in"

Full poem is available here:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48219/nikki-rosa

#NikkiGiovanni #Poetry

Hanging out with two poems today, both getting at a bit of the secret history we all carry, but in very different ways.

Excerpt from poem #1, "Nikki-Rosa" by Nikki Giovanni

"childhood remembrances are always a drag
if you’re Black
you always remember things like living in Woodlawn
with no inside toilet
and if you become famous or something
they never talk about how happy you were to have
your mother
all to yourself and
how good the water felt when you got your bath
from one of those
big tubs that folk in chicago barbecue in"

Full poem is available here:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48219/nikki-rosa

#NikkiGiovanni #Poetry

Hanging out with two poems today, both getting at a bit of the secret history we all carry, but in very different ways.

Excerpt from poem #1, "Nikki-Rosa" by Nikki Giovanni

"childhood remembrances are always a drag
if you’re Black
you always remember things like living in Woodlawn
with no inside toilet
and if you become famous or something
they never talk about how happy you were to have
your mother
all to yourself and
how good the water felt when you got your bath
from one of those
big tubs that folk in chicago barbecue in"

Full poem is available here:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48219/nikki-rosa

#NikkiGiovanni #Poetry

#TBT #1971 #NikkiGiovanni and #JamesBaldwin in conversation. Two of the finest minds that any civilization has ever produced. IMHO This is a must-see. #History #AmericanHistory #Literature #USPol https://www.allarts.org/programs/generational-anxiety/soul-featuring-james-baldwin-nikki-giovanni-part-1-wv7gqj/

#TBT #1971 #NikkiGiovanni and #JamesBaldwin in conversation. Two of the finest minds that any civilization has ever produced. IMHO This is a must-see. #History #AmericanHistory #Literature #USPol https://www.allarts.org/programs/generational-anxiety/soul-featuring-james-baldwin-nikki-giovanni-part-1-wv7gqj/

#TBT #1971 #NikkiGiovanni and #JamesBaldwin in conversation. Two of the finest minds that any civilization has ever produced. IMHO This is a must-see. #History #AmericanHistory #Literature #USPol https://www.allarts.org/programs/generational-anxiety/soul-featuring-james-baldwin-nikki-giovanni-part-1-wv7gqj/

"I think, first of all, it’s important for people to write. There is this tendency among Black youngsters to be poets without having ever written a poem, let alone thought about getting it published. I think that you have to write if you’re going to be a poet then you have to let somebody know that you do that. It is not sufficient to have 300 poems at home that you’ve written over the last 30 years..." #NikkiGiovanni #BlackHistory
https://blknewsnow.com/nikki-giovanni-wgbh-say-brother-interview-1975/

"I think, first of all, it’s important for people to write. There is this tendency among Black youngsters to be poets without having ever written a poem, let alone thought about getting it published. I think that you have to write if you’re going to be a poet then you have to let somebody know that you do that. It is not sufficient to have 300 poems at home that you’ve written over the last 30 years..." #NikkiGiovanni #BlackHistory
https://blknewsnow.com/nikki-giovanni-wgbh-say-brother-interview-1975/

"I think, first of all, it’s important for people to write. There is this tendency among Black youngsters to be poets without having ever written a poem, let alone thought about getting it published. I think that you have to write if you’re going to be a poet then you have to let somebody know that you do that. It is not sufficient to have 300 poems at home that you’ve written over the last 30 years..." #NikkiGiovanni #BlackHistory
https://blknewsnow.com/nikki-giovanni-wgbh-say-brother-interview-1975/

I #read A Library by Nikki Giovanni. 5.0 ⭐

A #lyrical picture book by a world-renowned #poet.

📚 #StoryGraph Genre #Challenge
✅ Prompt 4: A children's book published after 2020 by an author of colour

It was a cute story, and the illustrations are beautiful. A nice opportunity to utilize my #Kobo Libra Colour.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ff53bad7-11a1-46f2-8cbf-d4a27006496a

#bookstodon
#childrensbook
#books
#ebook
#imagination
#reading
#library
#librarybook
#libraries
#NikkiGiovanni

I #read A Library by Nikki Giovanni. 5.0 ⭐

A #lyrical picture book by a world-renowned #poet.

📚 #StoryGraph Genre #Challenge
✅ Prompt 4: A children's book published after 2020 by an author of colour

It was a cute story, and the illustrations are beautiful. A nice opportunity to utilize my #Kobo Libra Colour.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ff53bad7-11a1-46f2-8cbf-d4a27006496a

#bookstodon
#childrensbook
#books
#ebook
#imagination
#reading
#library
#librarybook
#libraries
#NikkiGiovanni

I #read A Library by Nikki Giovanni. 5.0 ⭐

A #lyrical picture book by a world-renowned #poet.

📚 #StoryGraph Genre #Challenge
✅ Prompt 4: A children's book published after 2020 by an author of colour

It was a cute story, and the illustrations are beautiful. A nice opportunity to utilize my #Kobo Libra Colour.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ff53bad7-11a1-46f2-8cbf-d4a27006496a

#bookstodon
#childrensbook
#books
#ebook
#imagination
#reading
#library
#librarybook
#libraries
#NikkiGiovanni

Lesbians and genderqueers: it's the weekend.

https://dzr.page.link/9W1CNMjG8od23Zmv7

This absolute BANGER came on again in shuffle during the week, and I've been mainlining on it since then. What a poem by Nikki Giovanni, and what a TUNE.

#TheWeekend #Music #NikkiGiovanni #EdnaFliedel #KidsOfTheatreOfOz #HannyNahmias #JamieXX #TheAvalanches #Sampling

Lesbians and genderqueers: it's the weekend.

https://dzr.page.link/9W1CNMjG8od23Zmv7

This absolute BANGER came on again in shuffle during the week, and I've been mainlining on it since then. What a poem by Nikki Giovanni, and what a TUNE.

#TheWeekend #Music #NikkiGiovanni #EdnaFliedel #KidsOfTheatreOfOz #HannyNahmias #JamieXX #TheAvalanches #Sampling

Saturday
#JavonJackson Quartet The acclaimed tenor #saxophonist and his band celebrate the legacy of the late, great American poet #NikkiGiovanni They’ll be performing Hollywood-associated numbers from the Great American Songbook, as featured on Jackson’s second collaborative recording with Giovanni, 2024’s “Javon And Nikki Go to the Movies.” March 22, 7 p.m. $48.05-$64.85. Scullers.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DHYqO21gFG-/
scullersjazz.com - its not on the site calendar but...
#jazz #saxophone #TenorSax #BostonMusic #BostonWeekend 9/x

Saturday
#JavonJackson Quartet The acclaimed tenor #saxophonist and his band celebrate the legacy of the late, great American poet #NikkiGiovanni They’ll be performing Hollywood-associated numbers from the Great American Songbook, as featured on Jackson’s second collaborative recording with Giovanni, 2024’s “Javon And Nikki Go to the Movies.” March 22, 7 p.m. $48.05-$64.85. Scullers.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DHYqO21gFG-/
scullersjazz.com - its not on the site calendar but...
#jazz #saxophone #TenorSax #BostonMusic #BostonWeekend 9/x

Saturday
#JavonJackson Quartet The acclaimed tenor #saxophonist and his band celebrate the legacy of the late, great American poet #NikkiGiovanni They’ll be performing Hollywood-associated numbers from the Great American Songbook, as featured on Jackson’s second collaborative recording with Giovanni, 2024’s “Javon And Nikki Go to the Movies.” March 22, 7 p.m. $48.05-$64.85. Scullers.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DHYqO21gFG-/
scullersjazz.com - its not on the site calendar but...
#jazz #saxophone #TenorSax #BostonMusic #BostonWeekend 9/x

"Werewolf Avoidance by Nikki Giovanni

I've never "blogged" before so this is new territory for me I do poet though and that is always somewhere in the netherland I think poetry is employed by truth I think our job is to tell the truth as we see it don't you just hate a namby-pamby poem that goes all over the place saying nothing

Poets should be strong in our emotions and our words that might make us difficult to live with but I do believe easier to love Poet is garlic Not for everyone but for those who take it never get caught by werewolves"

— Nikki Giovanni: Chasing Utopia, p. 80

#TodaysPoem #Poetry #BlackPoets #QueerPoets #NikkiGiovanni

"Werewolf Avoidance by Nikki Giovanni

I've never "blogged" before so this is new territory for me I do poet though and that is always somewhere in the netherland I think poetry is employed by truth I think our job is to tell the truth as we see it don't you just hate a namby-pamby poem that goes all over the place saying nothing

Poets should be strong in our emotions and our words that might make us difficult to live with but I do believe easier to love Poet is garlic Not for everyone but for those who take it never get caught by werewolves"

— Nikki Giovanni: Chasing Utopia, p. 80

#TodaysPoem #Poetry #BlackPoets #QueerPoets #NikkiGiovanni

"A Robin's Poem by Nikki Giovanni

if you plant grain you get fields of flour if you plant seeds you get grass or babies i planted once and a robin red breast flew in my window but a tom cat wouldn't let it stay"

— Nikki Giovanni: The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, p. 119

#TodaysPoem #Poetry #NikkiGiovanni #BlackPoets #QueerPoets #BlackHistoryMonth

"A Robin's Poem by Nikki Giovanni

if you plant grain you get fields of flour if you plant seeds you get grass or babies i planted once and a robin red breast flew in my window but a tom cat wouldn't let it stay"

— Nikki Giovanni: The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, p. 119

#TodaysPoem #Poetry #NikkiGiovanni #BlackPoets #QueerPoets #BlackHistoryMonth

Powerful truths from #LonnieBunch and #NikkiGiovanni #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #History

Powerful truths from #LonnieBunch and #NikkiGiovanni #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #History

Powerful truths from #LonnieBunch and #NikkiGiovanni #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #History

“His headstone said
FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST
But death is a slave's freedom
We seek the freedom of free men
And the construction of a world
Where Martin Luther King could have lived and
preached non-violence”
― #nikkigiovanni
#blackhistorymonth

“His headstone said
FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST
But death is a slave's freedom
We seek the freedom of free men
And the construction of a world
Where Martin Luther King could have lived and
preached non-violence”
― #nikkigiovanni
#blackhistorymonth

“His headstone said
FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST
But death is a slave's freedom
We seek the freedom of free men
And the construction of a world
Where Martin Luther King could have lived and
preached non-violence”
― #nikkigiovanni
#blackhistorymonth

"The Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Nikki Giovanni

His headstone said FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST But death is a slave's freedom We seek the freedom of free men And the construction of a world Where Martin Luther King could have lived and preached non-violence."

— Nikki Giovanni: The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, p. 51

#TodaysPoem #Poetry #NikkiGiovanni #BlackPoets #QueerPoets

"The Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Nikki Giovanni

His headstone said FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST But death is a slave's freedom We seek the freedom of free men And the construction of a world Where Martin Luther King could have lived and preached non-violence."

— Nikki Giovanni: The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, p. 51

#TodaysPoem #Poetry #NikkiGiovanni #BlackPoets #QueerPoets

"Sometimes by Nikki Giovanni

sometimes when i wake up in the morning and see all the faces i just can't breathe"

— Nikki Giovanni: The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, p. 132

#TodaysPoem #Poetry #NikkiGiovanni #BlackPoets #QueerPoets

"Sometimes by Nikki Giovanni

sometimes when i wake up in the morning and see all the faces i just can't breathe"

— Nikki Giovanni: The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, p. 132

#TodaysPoem #Poetry #NikkiGiovanni #BlackPoets #QueerPoets

"Sometimes by Nikki Giovanni

sometimes when i wake up in the morning and see all the faces i just can't breathe"

— Nikki Giovanni: The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, p. 132

#TodaysPoem #Poetry #NikkiGiovanni #BlackPoets #QueerPoets

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter who were your favorite thought leaders of 2024?

My favorites were:
#MarcLamontHill
#RuhaBenjamin
#DrAutumnBlackdeer
#HelianaRamirez
#SandraHinojosaLudwig

Also didn't want to forget to include our late ancestor #NikkiGiovanni who was a true gem both as a public intellectual and as a person