Nikki Giovanni

Nikki Giovanni

Knoxville, Tennessee
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Nikki Giovanni
Knoxville, Tennessee
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

A Poem on the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy Comments

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Trees are never felled . . . in summer . . . Not when the fruit . . .
is yet to be borne . . . Never before the promise . . . is fulfilled . . .
Not when their cooling shade . . . has yet to comfort . . .
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Michael Walker 16 January 2020

A subtle analogy between the death of a hero and the tree being felled, its promise unfulfilled. Robert Kennedy still had so much to offer the American people.

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Emma Pincock 08 May 2019

does this have any figurative language in it at all? ?

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Valerie Agyemang 07 April 2018

Was just recently introduced to poetry and yje artist Nikki, I have truly enjoyed.

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Nikki Giovanni

Nikki Giovanni

Knoxville, Tennessee
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Knoxville, Tennessee
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