Comments on: Poetry For No Reason At All http://heatherinparadise.com/2008/08/13/introducing-poetry-for-no-reason/ I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:33:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: elliott http://heatherinparadise.com/2008/08/13/introducing-poetry-for-no-reason/#comment-1957 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:02:08 +0000 http://heatherinparadise.wordpress.com/?p=305#comment-1957 My daughter goes to Virginia Tech and was there for the awful shootings in ’07. Man, Nicki Giovanni saved those kids with her “We are Tech, We will Prevail.” Freaking awesome. She’s a genius.

]]> By: heatherinparadise http://heatherinparadise.com/2008/08/13/introducing-poetry-for-no-reason/#comment-1943 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:18:59 +0000 http://heatherinparadise.wordpress.com/?p=305#comment-1943 Ron, I saw her speak at a Barnes and Noble in Chicago a number of years ago and it was amazing, even despite the number of oblivious people shopping for pop-up books around us. I had a book signed for a friend, one for myself, and one for my friend’s child and she didn’t miss a beat. I love Nikki Giovanni.

]]> By: Ron http://heatherinparadise.com/2008/08/13/introducing-poetry-for-no-reason/#comment-1942 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:16:23 +0000 http://heatherinparadise.wordpress.com/?p=305#comment-1942 I heard Nikki Giovanni speak in 1987. She was great, speaking to an audience of college freshmen during an orientation.

Ask me about it in December, it is too long to write about after a tad enough Shiraz, you know :)

]]> By: heatherinparadise http://heatherinparadise.com/2008/08/13/introducing-poetry-for-no-reason/#comment-1932 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:34:03 +0000 http://heatherinparadise.wordpress.com/?p=305#comment-1932 Helen-Louise, “Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day” always makes me think of you. Like so many other things. Love you, woman. And miss you, too.

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