#nikkyfinney

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poem.

#nationalpoetrymonth

a new collection of poems and family artifacts by renowned poet NIKKY FINNEY

Love Child's Hotbed of Occasional Poetry

#northernwesternuniversitypress

[carly--maria]

Lucille Clifton seems to be everywhere I look these days. A few weeks ago while skimming through my Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry and a title, 'Moonburn,' snagged my attention, and that was the first time I read a Lucille Clifton poem (or so I thought). And then the Sunday before the inauguration I was at a Chicago Writers Resist event where a poet shared a piece or hers... followed by a piece by Clifton. Then this past week while thumbing through another anthology I found a poem I had read and marked last year: 'note, passed to superman,' by (you guessed it) Lucille Clifton. And just now, as I sat down to read Nikky Finney's collection, 'Head Off & Split' with a cup of tea, I see that this book is dedicated to, yes, Lucille Clifton. Ya think the 'Verse is trying to tell me something? #currentlyreading #amreading #booklr #bookstagram #poem #poetry #poet #lucilleclifton #nikkyfinney

[travelingasafamily]

Read the latest issue of Poetry magazine-- the oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English speaking world-- or browse over 100 years of the magazine in the archive featuring poems and prose by T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound among others.

Although Baldwin may be better known for his essays in “The Fire Next Time” or “Notes of a Native Son”, he was also a skilled poet. Check out this essay on James Baldwin’s poetry by Nikky Finney! 

[cvpa-suitlandhighschool]

Culture Keepers and actor Michael Chin, bringing to life Poet Nikky Finney's poem "The Battle Of and For The Black Faced Boy" premiering on May 7th at the Prince George's African American Museum and Cultural Center. #blackfacedboypoem #nikkyfinney #AtWarwithourselves @pgcps @theclariceumd #poetry @culturekeepers @heycompton (at suitland high school )

[kholioli]

#WCW #NikkyFinney - "Watch your life as if it were a film. Absorb everything. What you see, hear, and feel will stamp every alphabet of your work." #thingsthatmakesense #thingthataretrue

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[crystalannwilliams]

Best. Acceptance. Speech. EVER!

Watch Nikky Finney, winner of this year's National Book Award for Poetry, accept the prize. (You'll have to scroll to 4:07--but it's so worth it).

Nikky Finney is reading at Reed on Thursday, March 8th in the Chapel.