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Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? is author and poet Maya Angelou's fourth volume of poetry, published by Random House in 1983. It was published during one of the most productive periods in Angelou's career; she had written four autobiographies and published three other volumes of poetry up to that point.
Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? Evicted from sleep's mute palace, I wait in silence for the bridal croon; your legs rubbing insistent rhythm against my thighs, your breath moaning a canticle in my hair.
Jan 1, 1983 · Tenderly, joyously, sometimes in sadness, sometimes in pain, Maya Angelou writes from the heart and celebrates life as only she has discovered it. In this moving volume of poetry, we hear the multi-faceted voice of one of the most powerful and vibrant writers of our time.
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About Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing? Lyrical and cadent, dramatic and sometimes playful, these poems speak of love, longing, parting; of freedom and shattered dreams; of Saturday-night partying and the smells and sounds of Southern cities.
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Apr 10, 2013 · Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? AWAKING IN NEW YORK Curtains forcing their will against the wind, children sleep, exchanging dreams with seraphim. The city drags itself awake on subway straps; and I, an alarm, awake as a rumor of war, lay stretching into dawn, unasked and unheeded. A GOOD WOMAN FEELING BAD The blues may be the life you’ve led Or ...
Jun 28, 2010 · Shaker, why don't you sing? by. Angelou, Maya. Publication date. 1983. Publisher. New York : Random House. Collection. printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; americana.
Apr 10, 2013 · Lyrical and cadent, dramatic and sometimes playful, these poems speak of love, longing, parting; of freedom and shattered dreams; of Saturday-night partying and the smells and sounds of Southern cities. Print length. 51 pages.
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