National Poetry Month: Nikki Giovanni

Last year's poetry month post also included Nikki Giovanni, and in fact, this same book, though a different poem. Now in paperback, I highly recommend running out and picking up a copy of Bicycles: Love Poems (9780061726491, $11.99, Harper). Here's a taste of a new favorite:

Another Day (Revisited)

Librarians do it

but they do it by the book

Fisherman do it

'cause they have a special hook

Opticians do it

and they love to take a look

Zorro does it

'cause he's a special crook

Three-ring circuses

do it for the clows

Football players

do it on first downs

Swimmers do it

'cause they know they will not drown

Prince does it

'cause he likes to go down

Chefs do it

and they like to use the spices

Bakers do it

with all the bread that slices

Butchers never do it

on the job

Persnickety folk

never do it with a slob

Weather persons...in any clime

Poets do but only in good rhyme

I like this poem because it reminds me of one of my favorite songs sung by the great Ella Fitzgerald:
Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)