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February 05, 2009
Stations, just in time for Valentine's Day, Virginia Tech's internationally known poet, Nikki Giovanni (GEE-oh-VAHN-knee) has some tips for would-be Shakespeares and Brownings. You can see the complete list of tips at http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2009&itemno=66
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Before we get to the tips, Giovanni has a new book of 65 poems (matching her age), called Bicycles. She says the 2007 tragedy at Virginia Tech and the death or her mother are the two wheels upon which the book travels.
IN: Well, the book…
RUNS: 22
OUT: … write love poems.
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Giovanni, a University Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech, says the main thinking behind her five tips is that people make writing love poetry more complicated than it needs to be.
IN: I think people…
RUNS: 13
OUT: … love all the time.
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And here, paraphrased in reverse order, are her five tips:
IN: If I could…
RUNS: 09
OUT: … not the beloved.
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IN: Everything…
RUNS: 21
OUT: … feel the longing.
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IN: The most common…
RUNS: 08
OUT: … does your beloved.
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IN: There must be…
RUNS: 13
OUT: … would be sufficient.
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IN: If someone…
RUNS: 16
OUT: can also blush.
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