Def Poetry: A Blues For Nina (Brotha To The Night)

Love Jones ~ 2007
Darius Lovehall (Larenz Tate) is a poet who is giving a reading at the Sanctuary, an upscale night club presenting jazz and poetry to a bohemian clientele. Shortly before his set, he meets Nina Mosley (Nia Long). They exchange small talk, and Darius makes his interest clear when he retitles a love poem A Blues For Nina.

Say baby, can I be your slave?
I've got to admit girl, your the shit girl,
and I am digging you like a grave.

Now do they call you daughter to the Spinning Pulsar,
or maybe Queen of 10,000 Moons, Sister to the distant yet
rising star.

Is your Yemaya? Oh hell nah, it's got to be Oshun

Ooh is that a smile me put on your face child?
Wide as a field of jasmine and clover

Talk that talk honey, walk that walk money
High on legs that'll spite Jehovah
Shit, who am I,
It's not important
But they call me brother to the night
and right now I am the blues in your left thigh
trying to become the funk in your right

Who am I? 'll be whoever you say
But right now I'm the sight raped hunter
blindly pursuing you as my prey

And I just want to give you injections of
sublime erections and get you to dance to my rhythm
make you dream archtypes
of black angels in flight
upon wings of distorted, contorted metaphoric jizm

Come on slim, fuck your man, I ain't worried about him

It's you who I want to step to my scene
Cause rather than deal with the fallacy
of this dry ass reality
I'd rather dance and romance your sweet ass in a wet dream

Who am I, well they all call me
brother to the night and right now I am
the blues in your left thigh, trying to be the funk in your right
Is that alright?

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[HUstrawberry]

Damn, do men have game like this anymore?! That's some, make you go home the same night and you don't even feel bad about being a whore the next morning type of game. lmao!

[fantasyflight1]

It ought to be illegal to be this darn sexy........

[xPeaceIsKey]

@HUstrawberry yea. well the ones that write poetry lol

[SHOWTIMETERRYG]

Classic!



[cathy118]

Hey My middle name is Ochun ....:-)

[KingRT5]

this is the 1st time ive given something a a tumbs up with out it being a song.. This shit right here tho is kinda smooth 2 me

[ki2poetry]

" Love Jones " All time classic. Larenz Tate was so smooth.

[ralphjthomas]

Favorite film ever! Love, arts, and poetry. A Blues For Nina is such an incredible poem too!

All my poetry lovers please check out my recent performance of my poem Faith of a Phoenix on my page. Promise it will give you reminiscent of A Blues For Nina #FaithofaPhoenix

[Worthychick910]

Talk that talk honey, walk that walk money :)

[MsMzkiki]

larenz tate is so sexy and fine

[BillyBatsonMarvel]

@gemia1981 Bless ur heart! u go gurl! =)

[gemia1981]

@BillyBatsonMarvel Not this women and I love me a "corny" man. No thugs up in here. lol