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    Nikki Giovanni Cotton Candy On A Rainy Day (1978)

    Smithsonian Folkways
    • Nikki Giovanni – Cotton Comes on a rainy day
    • 1. Cotton Comes on a rainy day
    • 2. Introspection
    • 3. Forced Retirement
    • 4. The New Yorkers
    • 5. Crutches
    • 6. Boxes
    • 7. Poem
    • 8. A Poem off Center
    • 9. The Winter Storm
    • 10. Age
    • 11. Because
    • 12. Their fathers
    • 13. Lifecycles
    • 14. Adulthood 2
    • 15. Habits
    • 16. Fascination
    • 17. Gus
    • 18. Choices
    • 19. Photography
    • 20. The Beep Beep Poem
    • 21. A Poem for Ed and Archie
    • 22. Woman
    • 23. Space
    • 24. Poem for Emma
    • 25. The Rose Bush
    • 26. Patience
    • 27. Make Up
    • 28. Winter
    • 29. You Are There
    • 30. A Statement on Conversation
    • 31. Turning
    • 32. A Repsonse
    • 33. A Poem of Friendship
    • 34. Being and Nothingness
    • 35. The Moon Shines Down
    • 36. That Day

    Excellent spoken rap/poetry from Nikki Giovanni.

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