Cat-Rap
This is a whimsical poem narrated by a cat about rapping. In the poem, the cat contrasts his desire to rap with his fuzzy and meek looking appearance. Nichols uses a lot of wordplay in this poem, playing on expressions about cats like the cliche of them having nine lives.
For Forest
Here, Nichols personifies the Forest in the form of a young woman of the same name. In this poem, the Forest is associated with nature and mystery, "keep[ing] seecrets," and she is something the people must keep.
In London
In this poem, the narrator is living in London when she gets a craving for her mother's food. She leaves the gallery she is in to go find her mother's homemade plantains because she needs the link to her culture and home to remind her who she is.
