Ode to Nikki Giovanni

I am the baddest poet of all time
cuz I can take any word and make it rhyme
I can make it dance then do a headstance,
Like a circus horse I can even make it prance.

“Who what where why
Abernathy pumpkin pie
Lilly White molasses Brown
they come from every part of town”.

See? I’m the baddest poet of all time cuz I can take any word and make it rhyme
I can make it dance then do a headstance
Like a circus horse I can even make it prance.

“Chocolate cake makes my belly ache,
gardenias make me sneeze.
Birds that sing not diamond rings
are things this girl would please.”

I told you! I’m the new hip hop, non-stop poetess of all times
cuz I can take any word and make it rhyme
I can make a dance then do a headstance
like a circus horse I can even make it prance.

“Knobby knees and shoes that tease,
most gentleman do love,
Not open spaces or foreign places
or shooting stars above.”

Okay, so I’m the baddest poet of all time
cuz I can take any word and make it rhyme
I can make it dance then do a headstance
like a circus horse I can even make it prance.

And if by chance a word should steer off course,
I’d say ‘I meant to do that but of course!’

Laughing Heart
aka June Middleton