Classic and Contemporary Poets

YOLANDE CORNELIA GIOVANNI

Poems found: 320

12 GATES TO THE CITY

AND ANOTHER THING

AND HOW COULD I LIVE ON

AND SOMETIMES I SIT

AND YEAH...THIS IS A LOVE POEM

BEAUTIFUL BLACK MEN

BEAUTIFUL BLACK MEN

BEING AND NOTHINGNESS (TO QUOTE A PHILOSOPHER)

BLACK JUDGEMENT

BLACK SEPARATISM

BLACKBIRD ON MY KNEE

BOY IN THE BARBER SHOP

BROUGHT 2 U BY...

BUT SINCE YOU FINALLY ASKED (A POEM ON THE SLAVE MEMORIAL)

CANCERS (NOT NECESSARILY A LOVE POEM)

CHARTING THE NIGHT WINDS

CHESTER'S WISDOM

CIVIL RIGHTS JOURNEY

CONVENIENT HAYSTACKS

COTTON CANDY ON A RAINY DAY

CYCLOPS IN THE OCEAN

DECEMBER OF MY SPRINGS

DETROIT CONFERENCE OF UNITY AND ART

DRUM (FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.)

EAGLES (A POEM FOR LISA)

EVER WANT TO CRAWL

FAITH OF A MUSTARD SEED

FLYING UNDERGROUND (FOR THE CHILDREN OF ATLANTA)

FOR A LADY OF PLEASURE NOW RETIRED

FOR AN INTELLECTUAL AUDIENCE

FOR JUST ONE MOMENT

FOR TWO JAMESES

FORCED RETIREMENT

GENIE IN THE JAR

GREAT PAX WHITIE

GREATER LOVE OF GOD AND COUNTRY

GUS (FOR MY FATHER)

HAMPTON, VIRGINIA

HANDS: FOR MOTHER'S DAY

HARVEST (FOR ROSA PARKS)

HER CRUISING CAR (A PORTRAIT OF TWO SMALL TOWN GIRLS)

HER FLYING TRAPEZE

HOW DO YOU WRITE A POEM?

I DO HAVE MY LIKES AND DISLIKES

I LAUGHED WHEN I WROTE IT (DON'T YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY?)

I REMEMBER LEARNING YOU JUMP

I TAKE MASTER CARD

I WROTE A GOOD OMELET

I WROTE A GOOD OMELET - AND ATE A HOT POEM

INTELLECTUALISM

IVERSON'S POSSE

JAMES SHELL'S SNOWBALL STAND

JUST A NEW YORK POEM

JUST A NEW YORK POEM

JUST A SIMPLE DECLARATION OF LOVE

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

LET'S TAKE A NAP

LINKAGE (FOR PHILLIS WHEATLEY)

LITTLE CHOO CHOO TRAIN

LORRAINE HANSBERRY: AN EMOTIONAL VIEW

LOVE: IS A HUMAN CONDITION

MASTER CHARGE BLUES

MATTIE LOU AT TWELVE

ME AND MRS. ROBIN

MIRRORS (FOR BILLY JEAN KING)

MOON SHINES DOWN

MOTHER'S HABITS

MOTHER'S HABITS

MRS. MARTHA JEAN BLACK

NN SEEING BLACK JOURNAL AND WATCHING NINE NEGRO LEADERS

NO FURNACES (FOR VALENTINE'S DAY)

NO RESERVATIONS

NOBODY TRUSTS SILENCE

NOT JUST TRUMAN'S BABY

NOTHING IS JUST

NOTHING MAKES SENSE

ON HEARING THE GIRL WITH THE FLAXEN HAIR

ON MY JOURNEY NOW

ONCE A LADY TOLD ME

ONE MORE BOXCAR

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS OF PLAY

ONE OUNCE OF TRUTH BENEFITS

ONE STOPS ON MY WINDOWPANE

ONLY SONG I'M SINGING

ONLY TRUE LOVERS ARE CHEFS OR HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EDNA LEWIS

OPENING DAY OR HEY! START A CONTEST

PARENTS NEVER UNDERSTAND

POEM FOR A LADY WHOSE VOICE I LIKE

POEM FOR ARETHA

POEM FOR BLACK BOYS

POEM FOR CAROL (MAY SHE ALWAYS WEAR RED RIBBONS)

POEM FOR DEBBIE

POEM FOR ED AND ARCHIE

POEM FOR FRANCES BROWN

POEM FOR MY NEPHEW

POEM FOR RODNEY

POEM FOR STACIA

POEM FOR UNWED MOTHERS

POEM OF ANGELA YVONNE DAVIS

POEM OF FRIENDSHIP

POEM OFF CENTER

POEM ON THE ASSASSINATION OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY

POETRY IS A TRESTLE

PRESIDENT'S PENIS

RAP FOR LORRAINE

RELECTIONS - ON A GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY

RESPONSE (TO THE ROCK GROUP FOREIGNER)

REVOLUTIONARY DREAMS

REVOLUTIONARY MUSIC

ROOM WITH THE TAPESTRY RUG

SHIRLEY AND HER SON

SOME THINGS ARE FUNNY LIKE THAT

SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR SILENCE

SOMEWHERE SOMETIMES

SONG FOR NEW-ARK

STATEMENT ON CONSERVATION

SUMMER LOVE POEM

THE FUNERAL OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR

THEORY OF POLE BEANS

THERE IS A HUNGER

THINGS THAT GO TOGETHER

THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT WINTER

THIS IS NOT FOR JOHN LENNON (AND THIS IS NOT A POEM)

THIS POEM HATES

THREE/QUARTERS TIME

TRUE IMPORT OF PRESENT DIALOGUE, BLACK VS. NEGRO

TUNNELS OF RUMPELSTILTSKIN

TURNING (I NEED A BETTER TITLE)

VERY SIMPLE WISH

WALKING DOWN PARK

WE STOOD THERE WAITING

WHEN GAMBLE AND HUFF RULED

WHEN I DIE I HOPE NO ONE WHO EVER HURT ME CRIES

WONDER WOMAN (A NEW DREAM - FOR STEVIE WONDER)

WORD FOR ME - ALSO

WORD POEM (PERHAPS WORTH CONSIDERING)

WRITING LESSONS

YVONNE AND DAVID

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