Maya Angelou
Rising, Freedom, and Public Voice
Freedom, dignity, public occasion, refusal, survival, and poems built for communal uplift.
I know why the caged bird sings
A free bird leaps on the back
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Of the wind and floats downstream
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Till the current ends and dips h
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Still I Rise
You may write me down in history
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With your bitter, twisted lies,
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You may trod me in the very dir
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Phenomenal Woman
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
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I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
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B
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The Rock Cries Out to Us Today
A Rock, A River, A Tree
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Hosts to species long since departed,
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Mark the mastodon.
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The dinosaur,
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The Lesson
I keep on dying again.
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Veins collapse, opening like the
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Small fists of sleeping
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Children.
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Me
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Preacher, Don't Send Me
Preacher, don't send me
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when I die
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to some big ghetto
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in the sky
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where rats eat cats
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of th
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Million Man March Poem
The night has been long,
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The wound has been deep,
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The pit has been dark,
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And the walls have be
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Weekend Glory
Some clichty folks
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don't know the facts,
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posin' and preenin'
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and puttin' on acts,
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stretchin'
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A Conceit
Give me your hand
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Make room for me
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to lead and follow
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you
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beyond this rage of poetry.
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Let
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Alone
Lying, thinking
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Last night
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How to find my soul a home
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Where water is not thirsty
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And bread l
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