A review by afro8921
One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes

5.0

Nikki Grimes uses the Golden Shovel Method to great effect in "One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance". The Golden Shovel Method takes one striking line from another poem and uses it to create a new poem. The end of each line in the new poem ends with one word from the striking line of the old poem. I really enjoyed the selection of poems and the way Ms. Grimes used them to both reflect the old poem but breath new life into the words of the past.