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Nikki Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on June 7, 1943 with the original name of Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr.; she grew up in an african american community called Lincoln Heights in Cincinnati, Ohio. Giovanni attended Fisk University, the University of Pennslyvania, and Columbia University! She wrote her first book //__Black Feeling Black Talk__// in 1968 and it was a great hit; she used the money rom her first book to publish her next book, __//Black Judgement//__, this sparked a passion to write in her and she has written over 30 books including works for children and adults! Some of her major works include __//Cotton Candy on a Raiany Day (1978)//__, //__Love Poems (1997)__//, and __//Knoxville, Tennessee (1994)//__. Giovanni explains racial controversies of all races of Americans. Giovanni has recieved may awards like "Woman of the Year" and 19 honorary doctrates. ||
 * ​​​​ [[image:http://www.famu.edu/headlines/UserFiles/Image/NikkiGiovanni.jpg]] || ** Biography: **
 * ===**I Wrote A Good Omelet **===

I wrote a good omelet...and ate a hot poem... after loving you

Buttoned my car...and drove my coat home...in the rain... after loving you

I goed on red...and stopped on green...floating somewhere in between... being here and being there... after loving you

I rolled my bed...turned down my hair...slightly confused but...I don't care...

Laid out my teeth...and gargled my gown...then I stood ...and laid me down...

To sleep... after loving you

**//Written by Nikki Giovanni//** || **__My Personal Reaction to the Poem__: ** I liked the poem because it is very sweet and it talks about how when in love you're sort of under that person's spell and you can't think properly.

**__Poetic Devices Used__:** Hyperbole, imagery, & symbolism

** __Rhyme Scheme__: **AB CDE FGHI JKL MNO PQ

**__Historical Context__: ** There is no historical context.

** __Theme__: ** The theme is that when you are in love you will forget the every day things and focus on the one you love and you cannot think properly. ||
 * ===**You Came, Too **===

I came to the crowd seeking friends I came to the crowd seeking love I came to the crowd for understanding

I found you

I came to the crowd to weep I came to the crowd to laugh

You dried my tears You shared my happiness

I went from the crowd seeking you I went from the crowd seeking me I went from the crowd forever

You came, too

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Written by Nikki Giovanni ** || <span style="color: #14ad6f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">** __My Personal Reaction to the Poem__: ** <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I find the poem very sweet. I think the poem is about how often times love will find you when you're least expecting it and that that one that you love will always be there for you weither you think they are or not.


 * <span style="color: #f49825; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Poetic Devices Used__: ** <span style="color: #f49825; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Repetition

<span style="color: #9e0cac; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**__Rhyme Scheme__:** <span style="color: #9e0cac; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ABC D EF GH IJK L

**__Historical Context__:** <span style="color: #14ad6f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">There is no historical context involved in this poem.

<span style="color: #c20f84; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**__Theme__:** <span style="color: #c20f84; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You cannot expect to find love; love has to find you. ||
 * ===**<span style="color: #ce1229; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And I Have You **===

<span style="color: #ce1229; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rain has drops Sun has shine Moon has beams That make you mine

Rivers have banks Sands for shores Hearts have heartbeats That make me yours

Needles have eyes Though pins may prick Elmer has glue To make things stick

Winter has Spring Stockings feet Pepper has mint To make it sweet

Teachers have lessons Soup du jour Lawyers sue bad folks Doctors cure

All and all This much is true You have me And I have you

<span style="color: #ce1229; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Written by Nikki Giovanni //** || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** __My Personal Reaction to the Poem__: **I liked this poem because it's about how no matter what you'll still be mine, and its also comparing the relationship to the unbreakable relations of mother nature as to sort of say that nothiing will every be strong enough to tear us apart.

**__Poetic Devices Used__:** <span style="color: #f49825; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Personification, metaphor, imagery & symbolism <span style="color: #9e0cac; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: #f49825; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * __Rhyme Scheme__: **ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON PQRQ
 * __Historical Context__: ** <span style="color: #14ad6f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">There is no historical context in this poem.

**__Theme__:** <span style="color: #c20f84; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I think that the theme is sort of saying that the relationship is impecably strong that no force could ever pull it apart also that their relationship is so natural that it was never even thought of to not be. ||


 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Bibliography__ ** ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"Biography". Nikki-Giovanni.com. 3-1-10 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">.

FAMU. 3-1-10 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">. Giovanni, Nikki. __Black Feeling, Black Talk/Black Judgement__. HarperCollins Publishers, 1971.

Giovanni, Nikki. __The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998__. HarperCollins Publishers, 2007.

"Nikki Giovanni". afropoets.net. 3-1-10 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">.

"The Nikki Giovanni Page". The San Antonio College LitWeb. 3-1-10 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">. ||