Classic and Contemporary Poets

YOLANDE CORNELIA GIOVANNI

Poems found: 320

BEAUTIFUL BLACK MEN

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

THE FUNERAL OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR

AND SOMETIMES I SIT

EVER WANT TO CRAWL

HOW DO YOU WRITE A POEM?

I REMEMBER LEARNING YOU JUMP

I WROTE A GOOD OMELET - AND ATE A HOT POEM

ONE OUNCE OF TRUTH BENEFITS

POETRY IS A TRESTLE

MOON SHINES DOWN

THERE IS A HUNGER

WALKING DOWN PARK

WE STOOD THERE WAITING

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

12 GATES TO THE CITY

BLACKBIRD ON MY KNEE

CIVIL RIGHTS JOURNEY

GREATER LOVE OF GOD AND COUNTRY

POEM FOR CAROL (MAY SHE ALWAYS WEAR RED RIBBONS)

POEM FOR ED AND ARCHIE

POEM OF FRIENDSHIP

POEM OFF CENTER

POEM ON THE ASSASSINATION OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY

RAP FOR LORRAINE

RESPONSE (TO THE ROCK GROUP FOREIGNER)

SONG FOR NEW-ARK

STATEMENT ON CONSERVATION

SUMMER LOVE POEM

THEORY OF POLE BEANS

VERY SIMPLE WISH

WORD FOR ME - ALSO

AND ANOTHER THING

AND HOW COULD I LIVE ON

AND YEAH...THIS IS A LOVE POEM

BEAUTIFUL BLACK MEN

BEING AND NOTHINGNESS (TO QUOTE A PHILOSOPHER)

BLACK JUDGEMENT

BLACK SEPARATISM

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

CONVENIENT HAYSTACKS

COTTON CANDY ON A RAINY DAY

DETROIT CONFERENCE OF UNITY AND ART

EAGLES (A POEM FOR LISA)

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

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

I DO HAVE MY LIKES AND DISLIKES

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

I TAKE MASTER CARD

I WROTE A GOOD OMELET

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

LET'S TAKE A NAP

LINKAGE (FOR PHILLIS WHEATLEY)

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)

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 STOPS ON MY WINDOWPANE

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 DEBBIE

POEM FOR MY NEPHEW

POEM FOR RODNEY

POEM FOR STACIA

POEM FOR UNWED MOTHERS

POEM OF ANGELA YVONNE DAVIS

RELECTIONS - ON A GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY

REVOLUTIONARY DREAMS

REVOLUTIONARY MUSIC

SHIRLEY AND HER SON

SOME THINGS ARE FUNNY LIKE THAT

SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR SILENCE

SOMEWHERE SOMETIMES

BOY IN THE BARBER SHOP

CYCLOPS IN THE OCEAN

DECEMBER OF MY SPRINGS

DRUM (FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.)

FAITH OF A MUSTARD SEED

GENIE IN THE JAR

GREAT PAX WHITIE

LITTLE CHOO CHOO TRAIN

ONLY SONG I'M SINGING

ONLY TRUE LOVERS ARE CHEFS OR HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EDNA LEWIS

POEM FOR FRANCES BROWN

PRESIDENT'S PENIS

ROOM WITH THE TAPESTRY RUG

THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT WINTER

TRUE IMPORT OF PRESENT DIALOGUE, BLACK VS. NEGRO

TUNNELS OF RUMPELSTILTSKIN

WONDER WOMAN (A NEW DREAM - FOR STEVIE WONDER)

THINGS THAT GO TOGETHER

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

THIS POEM HATES

THREE/QUARTERS TIME

TURNING (I NEED A BETTER TITLE)

WHEN GAMBLE AND HUFF RULED

WORD POEM (PERHAPS WORTH CONSIDERING)

WRITING LESSONS

YVONNE AND DAVID

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