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“Nina Simone with Black Hair,” by Jerrice J. Baptiste
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Wild is The Wind
My ears bask in the deep
darkness of her voice.
Smoothness of a river rock.
Nina, goddess of the wind
visits me in daydream.
She blows on my journal
finds this page to satisfy
her loneliness. Wild is the Wind
as I drift. My eyes opened during
her plea, give me more than one caress.
Sounds of mandolin linger.
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Listen to Jerrice J. Baptiste read her poem
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Poet’s self-portrait
Jerrice J Baptiste is an artist, poet, author of nine books. Her most recent book is Coral in The Diaspora, published by Abode Press (August 2024).
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Listen to the 1966 recording of Nina Simone performing the Dimitri Tiomkin/Ned Washington composition “Wild is the Wind” [Nina Simone]
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