Bicycles by Nikki Giovanni

Posted on 2024-12-10 by Bartholomew Barker

To honor Nikki Giovanni, I’m posting a pic of my favorite poem of hers from the anthology The 100 Best African American Poems, which she also edited. Rest in power.

Like a cloud
So quiet
In the October sky
Like licking ice cream
From a cone
Like knowing you
Will always
Be there

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About Bartholomew Barker

Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, a collection of poets in the Triangle region of North Carolina where he has hosted a monthly feedback workshop for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2021. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he lives and writes poetry.
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14 Responses to Bicycles by Nikki Giovanni

  1. johnlmalone's avatar johnlmalone says:
    2024-12-10 at 23:34

    it is simply magnificent —

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  2. luisa zambrotta's avatar luisa zambrotta says:
    2024-12-11 at 05:51

    Thanks a lot for sharing that fabulous poem!!!

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  3. Cassa Bassa's avatar Cassa Bassa says:
    2024-12-12 at 06:48

    Simple lines depth in meaning..

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  5. Pat Mellow's avatar Pat Mellow says:
    2025-01-08 at 18:23

    A satisfying mixture of resolution, wonderment, mystery and pleasure.

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