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Below, we’ve picked some of Maya Angelou’s very best poems, as a ‘way in’ to her work. ‘ Still I Rise ’. This wonderfully self-assertive poem about picking yourself up and striving to achieve, even in the face of adversity, was used for an advertising campaign by the UNCF in the US, but its message of selfhood and determination is ...
Diggin’ in my own backyard. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise. Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise. That I dance like I've got diamonds. At the meeting of my thighs? Out of the huts of history’s shame. I rise.
Maya Angelou. Poems. 12 Most Popular Poems by Maya Angelou. 1 - 10 of 12. 2. > Sort Poems. Most Votes. Most Storied. Most Shared. Highest Rated. Touched By An Angel. Famous Poem. Top 100 55. in Famous Sad Love Poems. "Touched By An Angel" by Maya Angelou is a powerful poem that explores the transformative power of love.
Angelou’s poetry collections include The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994) and Phenomenal Woman (1995), a collection of four poems that takes its title from a poem which originally appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1978.
Phenomenal Woman. By Maya Angelou. Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size. But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms, The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I’m a woman. Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me.
maya angelou: poesia completa Através de sua ilustre carreira na Literatura, Maya Angelou presenteou, curou e inspirou o mundo com suas palavras. Agora, a beleza e espírito dessas palavras vivem nesta nova e completa coleção de poesia que reflete e honra a vida notável da escritora.
On the Pulse of Morning. By Maya Angelou. A Rock, A River, A Tree. Hosts to species long since departed, Marked the mastodon, The dinosaur, who left dried tokens. Of their sojourn here. On our planet floor, Any broad alarm of their hastening doom. Is lost in the gloom of dust and ages. But today, the Rock cries out to us, clearly, forcefully,
