Dreams

Dreams

By: Nikki Giovanni

 

in my younger years

before i learned

black people aren’t

suppose to dream

i wanted to be

a raelet

and say “drown d in my your tears”

or “tal kin bout tal kin bout”

or marjorie hendricks and grind

all up against the mic

and scream

“baaaaaby nightandday

baaaaaby nightandday”

then as i grew and matured

i became more sensible

and decided i would

settle down

and just become

a sweet inspiration

 

About the Author:

(Excerpt is taken from; https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/nikki-giovanni)

 

Poet Nikki Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on June 7, 1943, and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. She graduated with a degree in history from Fisk University. A world-renowned poet and one of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement, her notable books of poetry are Black Judgment (1968) and Those Who Ride the Night Winds (1983), which were influenced by her participation in the Black Arts Movement and Black Power movement in the 1960s.

 

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