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Fred, What a beautifully crafted tribute. Thank you so much for sharing so eloquently what we are all feeling. Your writing, just as Nikki Giovanni's, speaks to every thinking, feeling human.

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Thank you for writing and sharing this. I’m weepy this morning and it feels like Ms. Giovanni’s death is the proverbial straw breaking my spirit.

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Beautiful tribute.

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Lovely poem Fred 🙏🏼💓

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Fred, thank you for putting into words what so many of us could not do today.

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A gorgeous tribute. Especially these words: “You made it possible to believe that the word could be a home, even when the world wasn’t.” Rest in power, Ms. Giovanni.

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I salute you for this beautiful tribute to my Shero poet Nikki, Giovanni. I will miss her presence in our upside down world. She was and is a bright and shiny star that wil

Continue to bring her spirit to us through her legacy of writing the soulful truth .

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💜🌹 Absolutely Beautiful! 💜🌹

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This is beautiful. Thank you.

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Your poem is brilliant. Thank you 🙏🏽

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Thank you - an honest and gorgeous tribute.

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An achingly beautiful tribute♥️

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Thanking Ms. Giovanni for inspiring you!! Powerful tribute ❤️‍🩹🙌🏼

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Incredible 😭

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Beautiful ❤️

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Thank you for this beautiful tribute to her!!!

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