Oh. My. Word. The themes are timeless but they resonate all the more deeply given the times.
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In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future. …
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.
— The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni by Nikki Giovanni (Page 51)
Sometimes by Nikki Giovanni
sometimes when i wake up in the morning and see all the faces i just can't breathe
— The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni by Nikki Giovanni (Page 132)