Love Poems
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
In a career that has spanned more than a quarter century, Nikki Giovanni has earned the reputation as one of America's most celebrated and controversial writers. Now, she presents a stunning collection of love poems that includes more than twenty new works.
From the revolutionary "Seduction" to the tender new poem, "Just a Simple Declaration of Love," from the whimsical "I Wrote a Good Omelet" to the elegiac "All Eyez on U," written for Tupac Shakur, these poems embody the fearless passion and spirited wit for which Nikki Giovanni is beloved and revered.
Romantic, bold, and erotic, Love Poems expresses notions of love in ways that are delightfully unexpected. Articulating in sensuous verse what we know only instinctively, Nikki Giovanni once again confirms her place as one of our nations's most distinguished poets and powerful truth-tellers.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Nikki Giovanni is a beloved writer in the world of poetry and beyond, and this collection on the subject of love illustrates why. Whether she’s finding the poignant words to describe what makes a dear friend so special in “A Poem of Friendship” or celebrating the deliriousness of new romance in the sensuous “I Wrote a Good Omelet,” Giovanni has filled this anthology with poems that will make you smile…or blush. And that’s not just because her poems are so moving and evocative—which they are—but also because Giovanni’s writing style is brilliantly accessible and easy to relate to, often employing infectious rhythms and rhyme structures that call to mind the great 20th-century jazz poets like Langston Hughes and Bob Kaufman. Whether you’re looking for a deeply personal reading experience or for poems to share with someone you care about, Love Poems is a collection you’ll want to return to again and again.
