once a snowflake fell
on my brow and i loved
it so much and i kissed
it and it was happy and called its cousins
and brothers and a web
of snow engulfed me then
i reached to love them all
and i squeezed them and they became
a spring rain and i stood perfectly
still and was a flower
© Nikki Giovanni
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I love this poem. Thanks for sharing.
Happy New Year, my friend.
And a happy one to you, too. Let's hope 2010 will bring us all great things.
Happy new year Rethabile. I need poems from you for the current Asili Magazine
A good poem.
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