1. Home »
  2. African American Poets »
  3. Nikki Grimes

The Last Word

Nikki Grimes

I am a door of metaphor
waiting to be opened.
You’ll find no lock, no key.
All are free to enter, at will.
Simply step over the threshold.
Remember to dress for travel, though.
Visitors have been known
to get carried away.




Quotes of the Day

"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; one should keep his friendships in constant repair"

• Samuel Johnson



Poems of the Day
  • Adrienne Rich
    For the Record
    by Adrienne Rich
    The clouds and the stars didn't wage this war the brooks gave no information if the mountain spewed stones of fire into the river it was not taking sides the raindrop faintly swaying under the leaf