tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post173401849456727975..comments2024-03-28T07:58:41.643-04:00Comments on pancocojams: Nikki Giovanni - Poem for a Lady of Leisure Now Retired Azizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-89979113981788156042017-08-09T19:20:30.453-04:002017-08-09T19:20:30.453-04:00Thanks for your comment, Anonymous.
I appreciate ...Thanks for your comment, Anonymous.<br /><br />I appreciate your points, but (and) I also remember how surprised and pleased I was when a Gospel song "Oh Happy Days" was aired on "secular" urban radio stations. That was also powerful as it helped raise awareness about and appreciation for contemporary Gospel music.Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-5954973560323675122017-08-09T18:18:58.625-04:002017-08-09T18:18:58.625-04:00I am a black woman, 62 years of age. I first hear...I am a black woman, 62 years of age. I first heard this poem and song on the radio when I was 17 years old, preparing to graduate from high school in 1972. It brings tears to my eyes now, as it did then. I long for the days when gospel music was sacred, and powerful as it once was. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-62313468278722431902013-01-14T13:06:04.611-05:002013-01-14T13:06:04.611-05:00Thanks for your comment, Anonymous.
As a result o...Thanks for your comment, Anonymous.<br /><br />As a result of your comment I listened to the sound file again, spotted two mistakes in my transcription, and corrected them. I also used a slightly different formating for this poem. <br /><br />With regard to the poem's title, I have seen it given as "Poem for a Lady of Leisure" without the "Now Retired" phrase.<br /><br />And as to your comment that Nikki Giovanni "never out right states that the poem is about an old prostitute", she does so in the poem's first line.<br /><br />Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-66472511032532319012013-01-14T09:50:14.623-05:002013-01-14T09:50:14.623-05:00This poem is not accurate the title is even wrong ...This poem is not accurate the title is even wrong and there are added phrases in the real copy right poem by nikki giovanni she never out right states that the poem is about an old prostitute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com