Blues Quotes

“truck…Black soliders returning from American’s wars abroad were tarred and feathered…Black soldiers returning from America’s wars in uniform were castrated and lynched…Brave Black soldiers had their medals of honor retracted and denied   So Truman passed a law not for Black people…we have always been better than the country we served…but to tell the whites who thought it more important to be white than united…that Black people are an integral if not essential part of this nation…And we are to be accepted…and honored…for the historic good wishes and sacrifices we offered America…Not only fifty years ago”
― Nikki Giovanni, Blues: For All the Changes: New Poems – Poetry That Galvanizes and Comforts, Inspires and Unifies

“The Last Poem is sick and tired of the barely intelligent…barely sane…totally greedy…running the world”
― Nikki Giovanni, Blues: For All the Changes: New Poems – Poetry That Galvanizes and Comforts, Inspires and Unifies

“This poem understands we cannot put a floor on poverty until we are willing to put a ceiling on wealth…”
― Nikki Giovanni, Blues: For All the Changes: New Poems – Poetry That Galvanizes and Comforts, Inspires and Unifies

“Good Luck when it isn’t luck that you need but better science which can explain how and why when all is said and done we are left with this density that forces us to recognize the Eagle Nebula is falling into itself and will one day be a planet though mostly we will not be around to see it and then there are those troublesome Black holes which are so totally fascinating though no one can exactly put their finger on what makes them so important and I am here to tell you I know: the density of a Black hole does not prevent light from escaping but rather that once light encounters the Black whole it finds such beauty and peace and comfort it no longer needs to search which is another word for love…and I do”
― Nikki Giovanni, Blues: For All the Changes