When was the poem "Choices" by Nikki Giovanni written?

Question

I just need to know when the poem "Choices" was written by Nikki Giovanni. I'm writing a school report on her.

Answer 1

In an online video clip, Niki Giovanni says she wrote the poem, "the year my father died." Her father died on 8 June 1982, one day after her thirty-ninth birthday.

That's the closest I could come as no one who has reprinted her poem online bothered to include the copyright. You might want to call your local library and ask the reference librarian to locate it for you.

Good luck.