Maya Angelou

1928-2014 / Female / American
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I know why the caged bird singsA free bird leaps on the back / Of the wind and floats downstream / Till the current ends and dips his wing
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Old Folks laughThey have spent their / content of simpering, / holding their lips this
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The Health-Food DinerNo sprouted wheat and soya shoots / And Brussels in a cake, / Carrot straw and spinach raw,
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Still I RiseYou may write me down in history / With your bitter, twisted lies, / You may trod me in the very dirt
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Phenomenal WomanPretty 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,
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RefusalBeloved, / In what other lives or lands / Have I known your lips
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AloneLying, thinking / Last night / How to find my soul a home
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Touched by An AngelWe, unaccustomed to courage / exiles from delight / live coiled in shells of loneliness
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Woman WorkI've got the children to tend / The clothes to mend / The floor to mop
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RemembranceYour hands easy / weight, teasing the bees / hived in my hair, your smile at the
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