Images of Nina:
Haiku by Connie Johnson
North Carolina
a former child
prodigy,
leaping boundaries
iconic protest
Nina Simone speaks
the truth,
reflecting the
times
searing
perspective
in Mississippi
Goddamn:
the world’s
wake-up call
what does freedom
mean?
from the bitter to
the sweet
four women reply
hear the princess
noire
power in every
note
virtuosity
intoxicating
lilac wine on the menu
Nina takes a sip
wily sorceress
recognizing her
beauty
undeniable
i loves you, porgy
palpable need and
longing
two mystical souls
as Nina whispers:
my baby just cares
for me
she casts her own
spell
wailing piano
a single woman in France
solo legacy
Connie Johnson is a Los Angeles, California-based writer who has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her poetry has appeared or will be forthcoming in Iconoclast, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, San Pedro River Review, Cholla Needles 85, Shot Glass Journal, Voicemail Poems, Misfit Magazine, Mudfish 23, Exit 13, Glint Literary Journal, Oddball Magazine, Writing in a Woman’s Voice, Impspire, The Rye Whiskey Review and Door Is a Jar.
In a Place of Dreams, her digital album/chapbook, can be found at
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