Customer Reviews

Love Poems

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I loved this book. This book contains a poem for every stage, every feeling that love encompasses. I enjoy the hard-edged angry Nikki, but I also appreciate this softer, warmer side of her. I think the fire and passion are still there, just packaged more softly. One of my favorites is "I Wrote a Good Omelet." If you've ever loved anyone or hope to someday, you should appreciate this one.

Hide "Love Poems" behind all those other scholarly, trendy, "book club-y" books - Hide it like you hide your new Victoria's Secret from you old lover - only to surprise him later. And when the time is right, do so. "Love Poems" adds a wonderful twist. It is real, seductive, poignant, and everything love is but you're afraid to stay out. loud. I LOVE IT & so does my BELOVED.

WOW! Thank you Nikki for reminding us how much we can learn from someone who has had long-lasting love. I bought this book because it was an Amazon Valentine recommendation and it made me want to throw my arms around my love the moment I finished it.

from "Love Is" :
Some people forget that love is tucking you in and kissing you "Good night" no matter how young or old you are

Nikki Giovanni uses her words so sparingly and so thoughtfully that every word is like a well-thrown bomb. My copy is worn and warped, but I'd never part with it.

I thouroughly enjoyed this copulation of works by Giovanni. I had the pleasure of reading earlier offerings by her and was pleased with her style and grace. To enjoy her is to understand where she has come from and where she is going. A strong voice of today as well as in the 60's, and keeps on getting stronger. Reading this makes you want to write your own love poems, in your way and in your own style. Giovanni brings out what we thought we have either lost or forgotten about either relationships past or present, and takes us on a journey into a world she doesn't always takes us, a more private, intimate world. Though I KNOW she had reserved a lot of the more intense feelings that I hope she may share with us all,..one day.

Giovanni's compilation of hip love poems is one of the best I've read in years. Moving away from the politics that her poetry is often well-known for, Giovanni's quirky, witty, and romantic poems will leave anyone in the mood to get intimate! Highly recommended!

the difference in style and content between her love poems and her earlier works does not discredit her talent. i loved her then and i love her now. tolstoy said that all happy stories are the same and yes, love poems can be trite. giovanni, however, captures the undercurrents of what it means to be in love--the unimaginable joy, the confusion, the warm fuzzy feeling, and even the anger and frustration that come along with loving someone.

the poems are soft and mushy, empty of political conflict, but rife with passion--just like love.

Nikki Giovanni's Love Poems are exciting, intriguing, and she really isn't afraid to express her thoughts. I absolutely loved it.

Nikki writes this book at a time when Black Americans need to re-learn about love. Love for self, love for each other and love for community. I was on fire after reading the poem dedicated to my brother Tupac Shakur...it was a tribute to all the young black men and women we are losing to senseless violence everyday

LOVE Poems is a very interesting poem book that can be enjoyable for anyone. Nikki did a great job at capturing the essence and spirit of Love. I love her earlier works and I love these pieces just as much. I enjoyed every poem in the book.