When I was a senior in high school, one of the colleges I toured was Grinnell College in Iowa.
During that visit, I attended a talk by poet, Nikki Giovanni.
I was fascinated by her candor and the way she delivered one of her poems.
So, here I am reading one of her poems that truly moves me.
I have decided I'm gonna record myself reading poems I have enjoyed over the years.
IF is a poem my mother introduced to me.
She truly thought if I followed the dictates of the poem, I'd grow into quite the man.
Well, if she was alive today, I hope she'd be proud of the man I am.
Twenty-one years ago I sat down on the front steps of a friend's condo building so he could practice taking photos of a black person.
Haaaa!
He shot me in black and white because that was the medium he liked best.
Truth be told, it's the medium I like best, too, 'cause to me, everybody looks great in black and white.
Well, I'm still caught up on the fact these images were from 21 years ago.
I was 38 at the time.
WOW!!!
WHERE, oh WHERE, has all the time gone???
All I know for sure is that I'm gonna enjoy whatever time I have left.
As PEACEFULLY...
And as THANKFULLY as humanly possible.
That is all.
