Mastodawn

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y4OPYp4s0tc#

Getting into James Baldwin. So many of his concerns are still ours today, regardless of color, and he's comforting to hear, but makes me sad to realize that even after his eloquence and our efforts, the world refuses to change into a home of patience, inclusion, kindness, courage and dignity. 🤬

#justice
#conversations
#theopenworldof42
#history
#truth
#soul
#nikkigiovanni
#jamesbaldwin
#love
#art

Ms. Que Banh Jan 2

Played around with a trail photo (from my forest walk).

[ Choices By #NikkiGiovanni.

If i can't do
what i want to do
then my job is to not
do what i don't want
to do

It's not the same thing
but it's the best i can
do

If i can't have
what i want . . . then
my job is to want
what i've got
and be satisfied
that at least there
is something more to want

Since i can't go
where i need
to go . . . then i must . . . go
where the signs point
through always understanding
parallel movement
isn't lateral

When i can't express
what i really feel
i practice feeling
what i can express
and none of it is equal

I know
but that's why mankind
alone among the animals
learns to cry. ]

#Choices #poetry #VisualArt #PhotoArt #nature #portals #pathways #trails #Poem #photography #Mirrored #art #LifePaths #GoYourOwnWay #Winter #SummerInYourSoul #forest

Anarchism News Jan 2

Autonomies: **Wishes for the new year**

https://autonomies.org/2026/01/wishes-for-the-new-year/

So, certainly, things have changed. And there is a lot to do. The next century is right on us. Policemen need to give up their guns. Society needs to dismantle all our prisons. If we need to detain people, a … Continue reading →

#Poiesis #EnekolasHeras #NikkiGiovanni

Wishes for the new year | Autonomies

BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot Oct 4

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheCraigCharlesFunkAndSoulShow

Nikki Giovanni:
🎵 Poem For A Lady Whose Voice I Like

#NikkiGiovanni

https://nikkigiovannimh.bandcamp.com/track/poem-for-a-lady-whose-voice-i-like

https://open.spotify.com/track/1j2THeIRR7pwny3H4Lu7Zp

Poem for a Lady Whose Voice I Like, by Nikki Giovanni

from the album The Way I Feel

Nikki Giovanni

Trevor Burrows Aug 13

Hanging out with two poems today, both getting at a bit of the secret history we all carry, but in very different ways.

Excerpt from poem #1, "Nikki-Rosa" by Nikki Giovanni

"childhood remembrances are always a drag
if you’re Black
you always remember things like living in Woodlawn
with no inside toilet
and if you become famous or something
they never talk about how happy you were to have
your mother
all to yourself and
how good the water felt when you got your bath
from one of those
big tubs that folk in chicago barbecue in"

Full poem is available here:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48219/nikki-rosa

#NikkiGiovanni #Poetry

Nikki-Rosa

childhood remembrances are always a drag if you’re Black you always remember things like living in Woodlawn with no inside toilet and if you become famous or something they never talk about how happy you were to have your mother all to yourself and how good the water felt when you got your…

The Poetry Foundation

Roman ALAN Jul 31

Useless quote for 1 August:

"… they are only doing what our ancestors have always done: used what they have to get where they need to go."

~ Nikki Giovanni, in her "Poet's Statement" for "RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture" at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Feb-Oct 2008)

Link to source:
https://npg.si.edu/exhibit/recognize/poetry.html

Note:
These are called "useless quotes" because they are useless without an audience to think about them.

#UselessQuote #NikkiGiovanni

National Portrait Gallery | RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture

The six artists and one poet whose work is included in RECOGNIZE! have approached hip hop culture through the lens of portraiture, and, in combination, their contributions highlight its vitality and beauty.

7sleepersmusic Jul 31

#TBT #1971 #NikkiGiovanni and #JamesBaldwin in conversation. Two of the finest minds that any civilization has ever produced. IMHO This is a must-see. #History #AmericanHistory #Literature #USPol https://www.allarts.org/programs/generational-anxiety/soul-featuring-james-baldwin-nikki-giovanni-part-1-wv7gqj/

BLK News Now!May 25, 2025

"I think, first of all, it’s important for people to write. There is this tendency among Black youngsters to be poets without having ever written a poem, let alone thought about getting it published. I think that you have to write if you’re going to be a poet then you have to let somebody know that you do that. It is not sufficient to have 300 poems at home that you’ve written over the last 30 years..." #NikkiGiovanni #BlackHistory
https://blknewsnow.com/nikki-giovanni-wgbh-say-brother-interview-1975/

Nikki Giovanni — WGBH ‘Say Brother’ Interview (1975) - BLKNewsNow.com

Nikki Giovanni (1943 - 2024), the renowned poet and writer whose literary work came to the forefront of the Black Arts Movement of the 60s, was interviewed by Boston's local station WGBH on Dec. 12, 1975 about her career as a poet. In this excerpt from her interview with the station's program called "Say Brother," Giovanni shares her poem "My House" and explains what she feels is missing -- and is required -- from Black artists, specifically young Black writers who desired to become published poets and authors.

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