Roll Call

cora7aCora’s Roll is simply to share a poem by a contemporary woman of color.  All I could was to pull out the one book of poems that I own and let you be charmed!

Trivia: I actually met Nikki Giovanni when I was in undergrad at the University of Cincinnati.

Communication by Nikki Giovanni

If music is the most universal language

just think of me as one whole note

if science has the most perfect language

picture me as MC2

since mathematics can speak to the infinite

imagine me as 1 to the first power

what i mean is    one day

i’m gonna grab your love

and you’ll be satisfied


2 thoughts on “Roll Call”

  1. Thanks for sharing, Edi! Nikki Giovanni definitely has a distinctive style and a way with words. I’m struck by the confidence of this piece, but especially the determination of those last two lines. It’s an aggressive poem, but vulnerable too.

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  2. I heard Ms. Giovanni speak my freshman year in college. It was one of the rare times I was awestruck. I literally had to close my mouth.

    Thanks for the poem and participating. We got a good number and diverse selections this week.

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