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Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971) is the first collection of poems by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou. Many of the poems in Diiie were originally song lyrics, written during Angelou's career as a night club performer, and recorded on two albums before the publication of Angelou's first ...
- Maya Angelou
- United States
- 1971
- English
1971 volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie. Angelou was a member of the Harlem Writers Guild in the late 1950s, was active in the Civil Rights movement, and served as Northern Coordinator of Dr. Martin
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Maya Angelou. on Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’Fore I Diiie. Producer. RoccStar. One thing that I liked about this poem was was the last two lines to the poem. It was a good summary of the...
Yet Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘fore I Diiie, which was published in 1971, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1972. According to Carol Neubauer in Southern Women Writers, “the first twenty poems describe the whole gamut of love, from the first moment of passionate discovery to the first suspicion of painful loss.”
This memorable poem was published in the poet’s collection “Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water Fore I Die.” In ‘ The Mothering Blackness ,’ she deals with the relationship between a mother and daughter.
- Female
- March 18, 1991
- Poetry Analyst
23 de ago. de 2010 · Just give me a cool drink of water 'fore I diiie -- Oh pray my wings are gonna fit me well -- And still I rise
No No No No Lyrics. the two-legg'd beasts. that walk like men. play stink finger in their crusty asses. while crackling babies. in napalm coats. stretch mouths to recieve. burning tears. on...
