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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was not just a poet, of course: she was an influential civil rights campaigner in the United States, and her autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, is a classic of the genre. But several of her poems are well-known, and she was popular as….
Angelou’s poetry collections include The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994) and Phenomenal Woman (1995), a collection of four poems that takes its title from a poem which originally appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1978. The poem’s narrator describes the physical and spiritual characteristics and qualities that make her ...
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By Maya Angelou. You may write me down in history. With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt. But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells. Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides,
Have lain too long. Facedown in ignorance, Your mouths spilling words. Armed for slaughter. The Rock cries out to us today, You may stand upon me, But do not hide your face. [...] Maya Angelou, “On the Pulse of Morning” (excerpt) from On the Pulse of Morning.
Still I Rise - Discover the meaning behind Maya Angelou's inspiring poem, with an audio recording of actress Rosie Perez reading this classic work, which has been celebrated by Serena Williams, Cory Booker, and other public figures.
Come, you may stand upon my. Back and face your distant destiny, But seek no haven in my shadow. I will give you no hiding place down here. You, created only a little lower than. The angels, have crouched too long in. The bruising darkness. Have lain too long. Face down in ignorance. Your mouths spilling words. Armed for slaughter.
