The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to Be

Read through this poem and think about what the author is trying to say.
1. What does the poem mean to you? What are your thoughts or feelings about the poem?
2. What type of figurative language is used?
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the world is not a pleasant place
to be without
someone to hold and be held by

a river would stop
its flow if only
a stream were there
to receive it

an ocean would never laugh
if clouds weren't there
to kiss her tears


the world is not
a pleasant place to be without
someone

-Nikki Giovanni

Poetry

Use this thread to post your best poem or the poem that you most want to share. Please, do not include poems about other students.