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  Love Poems

  by Nikki Giovanni

  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 contoversial 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... (more)
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  Echoes of an Era

  by Mary Muhammad

  Echoes of an Era is poetry expressing all areas of life. We all experience smooth, bumpy, happy, and funny times in our daily lives, and Ms. Muhammad wanted this book to bring it all to the surface. Life is poetry, and it’s brought to you here in Echoes of an Era. The book reaches deep into the being, while tapping into the humor. It touches on life as well as losses. It focuses on spirituality as well as love.... (more)
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  Blues: For All the Changes: New Poems

  by Nikki Giovanni

  Intimate, edgy, and unapologetic, Blues: For All the Changes bears the mark of Nikki Giovanni's unmistakable voice.In a career that has spanned three decades, Giovanni has created an indispensable body of work and earned a place amoung the nation's most celebrated and controversial poets; Gloria Naylor calls her "one of our national treasures." Now, in these fifty-two new poems, Giovanni brings the passion,... (more)