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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 singsA free bird leaps on the back / Of the wind and floats downstream / Till the current ends and dips h
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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 dir
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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 / B
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The Rock Cries Out to Us TodayA Rock, A River, A Tree / Hosts to species long since departed, / Mark the mastodon. / The dinosaur,
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The LessonI keep on dying again. / Veins collapse, opening like the / Small fists of sleeping / Children. / Me
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Preacher, Don't Send MePreacher, don't send me / when I die / to some big ghetto / in the sky / where rats eat cats / of th
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Million Man March PoemThe night has been long, / The wound has been deep, / The pit has been dark, / And the walls have be
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Weekend GlorySome clichty folks / don't know the facts, / posin' and preenin' / and puttin' on acts, / stretchin'
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A ConceitGive me your hand / Make room for me / to lead and follow / you / beyond this rage of poetry. / Let
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AloneLying, thinking / Last night / How to find my soul a home / Where water is not thirsty / And bread l
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End of Rising, Freedom, and Public Voice

Alone

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by Maya Angelou

Lying, thinking Last night How to find my soul a home Where water is not thirsty And bread loaf is not stone I came up with one thing And I don't believe I'm wrong That nobody, But nobody Can make it out here alone. Alone, all alone Nobody, but nobody Can make it out here alone. There are some millionaires With money they can't use Their wives run round like banshees Their children sing the blues They've got expensive doctors To cure their hearts of stone. But nobody No, nobody Can make it out here alone. Alone, all alone Nobody, but nobody Can make it out here alone. Now if you listen closely I'll tell you what I know Storm clouds are gathering The wind is gonna blow The race of man is suffering And I can hear the moan, 'Cause nobody, But nobody Can make it out here alone. Alone, all alone Nobody, but nobody Can make it out here alone.
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Maya Angelou
1928-2014 / Female / American
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Written by
Maya Angelou
1928-2014 / Female / American
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