Sunshine and Sunglasses

Where there is love, there is sunshine. The whole world shimmers and creatures seem brighter, warmer and iridescent. Living things grow in sunshine and love is no exception. Read Nikki Giovanni's poem (below) from her book of poems "Bicycles".

"In Migrations, one of her strongest poems, she explores those forces that drive wild creatures from one seasonal home to another."

The sun returns

To the arctic circle
From its winter rest

The grasses sprout
Seducing the winged
And the hoofed

Polar bears and their cubs
Must flee
Before the ice
Breaks up...

... unflinchingly face:

Hunger
Thirst
Predators
Winds
Rains
Uncertainties

As would I
For you

   Now that the season of sunshine is beginning, let us take out our sunglasses and open our hearts to love. You can read Nikki Giovanni's advice on how to write a love poem here.