Make Me A Nikki

Sarah and Michael Green grew up with eight other siblings children born to Ruth and Joseph Green. The family home is in Barnwell South Carolina. It is there that they found a love for each other and poetry. Sarah's love of poetry is inspired by such poets as Nikki Giovanni Langston Hughes Maya Angelou and Robert Frost. She hopes to one day meet Giovanni and reminisce about the world and the black existence. just as Nikki did with Langston Hughes in 1971. I dedicate my poem <I>Make Me A Nikki</I> to Giovanni because she along with my grandmother are my inspirations.</p>Michael pondered on the mechanics of the world as a youth and it was to no ones surprise that he chose to attend Clemson University to continue his education. Michael is a young writer and has published a book called <I>My Heart; A Letter</I>. Sarah and Michael both live in South Carolina where Sarah works as a teacher and basketball coach; Michael works as an engineer. This book provides for everyone a chance to explore their inner self. This book is for anyone who has music in their heart or someone who has loved and lost and loved again.