Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People

eng

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non fiction

Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People

dictionaries

801363733

Reading Counts RC, 6-8, 7.5, 2, Quiz: 16959, Guided reading level: NR.

Insightful and fun, this collection of poetry captures the essence of the African American experience for young people

Also by nikki giovanni; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; foreword; part one; a poem -- (for langston hughes); ego-tripping -- (there may be a reason why); poem for two jameses -- (ballantine and snow in iron cells); poem for lloyd; for the masai warriors -- (of don miller); word poem -- (perhaps worth considering); the funeral of martin luther king, jr.; no reservations -- (for art jones); revolutionary music; poem for my nephew -- (brother c. b. soul); intellectualism; black power -- (for all the beautiful black panthers east); the genie in the jar -- (for nina simone)Poem for florabeautiful black men -- (with compliments and apologies to all not mentioned by name); poem for black boys -- (with special love to james); part two; revolutionary dreams; the price of patience -- (for hilbert on his retirement as english department head); reading the backs of books -- (for frank tota on his retirement as superintendent of roanoke schools); 2nd rapp; a poem for carol -- (may she always wear red ribbons); knoxville, tennessee; november; kidnap poem; dreams; communication; alone; everytime it rains; nikki-rosa; the flowering of change -- (the inaugural of toni iadoralo)Racing against the sunfoundation-wise: rock solid

adolescent