#BlackPoets

The Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Nikki Giovanni

His headstone said FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST But death is a slave's freedom We seek the freedom of free men And the construction of a world Where Martin Luther King could have lived and preached non-violence.

— The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni

Sometimes by Nikki Giovanni

sometimes when i wake up in the morning and see all the faces i just can't breathe

— The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni