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September 29, 2020

Nikki-Rosa

Written and read by Nikki Giovanni

Text is not available for this poem due to rights restrictions.

“Nikki-Rosa” from Black Feeling, Black Talk/Black Judgement by Nikki Giovanni. Copyright © 1970 by Nikki Giovanni. Used with permission from the poet.

This poem was originally read in the On Being episode “Soul Food, Sex, and Space.”

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Nikki Giovanni is a University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech. She has written and edited numerous books of poetry and works for children, including Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea, Black Feeling, Black Talk/Black Judgement, and The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni. Her latest work is Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose.

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