THIRD MAN RECORDS TEST PRESSING:
Nikki Giovanni - Like a Ripple on a Pond
Test pressing for recent reissue of Giovanni's 1973 timeless poetry and soul classic made with the New York Community Choir. Comes in a plain black sleeve in a plain black die-cut cardboard sleeve in plastic sleeve. Sticker gives album information. Two photos shown in this listing are the original 1973 album artwork & the Modern Harmonic re-release artwork - neither print included here. Giovanni is one of the most popular and acclaimed African-American poets of the 20th century and an original creator of true monuments of Black Culture.
"I wonder what it takes to be a poem whispering inspiration inside the
ears of the world? Nikki Giovanni is bold, honest and unrelenting in
her poetic performance. Giovanni is a master poet who has not taken the
easy road toward the formation of truth on paper. She is a poet whose
knowledge and sensitivities run deep and are tied to this world. Her
words tied alongside the hands of the people, who are shifting times.
The truth exists in the world and it is the job of the poet to pull the
truth out of violentical air and place it with care upon the page to be
casted from the mouth to the hearts of the people. Poetry is a body
thing and bodily experience, it pulses and heals and transmits
information that runs through the body. Nikki Giovanni speaks to the
need for more compassion and understanding. A poet does not just write
from experience but is empathic to the human experience and Nikki
Giovanni speaks to the power of this. I believe that it is the job of
the poet to understand and study the cycles and patterns in life that we
all fall into and apply that into the poem. The work of healing the
past and the work of manifesting a future all lies in the vision of the
poet. Nikki Giovanni takes us on a journey and it is beautiful and
honest. We are blessed to experience and learn from this magnificent
body of work." – Camae Ayewa aka Moor Mother (Irreversible Entanglements)
TRACKLIST:
Conversation
- How I Got Over • Communication - Sing A Song • Prison Poem - Give It
To Jesus • Africa II - He’s Sweet I Know • My House - To My Father’s
House • Like A Ripple On A Pond - I’m Glad • Legacies - Pass Me Not •
Mothers - Deep River • Scrapbooks - Cristor Redenter • Straight Talk -
Why Can’t I Wait On The Lord