Grace Nichols: Poetry Poem Text

Grace Nichols: Poetry Poem Text

Cat-Rap (excerpt)

Lying on the sofa

all curled and meek

but in my furry-fuzzy head

there's a rapping beat.

Gonna rap while I'm napping

and looking sweet

gonna rap while I'm padding

on the balls of my feet.

Gonna rap on my head

gonna rap on my tail

gonna rap on my

you know where.

So wave your paws in the air

like you just don't care

with nine lives to spare

gimme five right here.

Like A Beacon (excerpt)

In London

every now and then

I get this craving

for my mother's food

I leave art galleries

in search of plantains

saltfish/sweet potatoes

Forest (excerpt)

Forest dreaming about mountain

and when earth was young

Forest dreaming of the caress of gold

Forest roosting with mysterious eldorado

and when howler monkey

wake her up with howl

Forest just stretch and stir

to a new day of sound

- Grace Nichols

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