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But several of her poems are well-known, and she was popular as a poet during her lifetime and a couple of the poems that follow, at the very least, remain famous. Below, we’ve picked some of Maya Angelou’s very best poems, as a ‘way in’ to her work. ‘ Still I Rise ’.
"Touched By An Angel" by Maya Angelou is a powerful poem that explores the transformative power of love. Through the use of poetic techniques such as repetition and imagery, Angelou conveys the message that love can liberate individuals from their emotional confines.
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,
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 ...
By Maya Angelou. Pretty 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, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms, The span of my hips, The stride of my step,
By Maya Angelou. A Rock, A River, A Tree. Hosts to species long since departed, Marked the mastodon, The dinosaur, who left dried tokens. Of their sojourn here. On our planet floor, Any broad alarm of their hastening doom. Is lost in the gloom of dust and ages.
Maya Angelou, reciting her poem, "On the Pulse of Morning", at the 1993 inauguration of President Bill Clinton. Maya Angelou, an African-American writer who is best known for her seven autobiographies, was also a prolific and successful poet.
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.
The following eight poems—presented chronologically from her earliest publication to the public poem she read at President Bill Clinton’s first inauguration—showcase Angelou’s poetics. Maya Angelou’s selected poems in order of publication. 1970s.
Come, rest here by my side. Each of you, a bordered country, Delicate and strangely made proud, Yet thrusting perpetually under siege. Your armed struggles for profit. Have left collars of waste upon. My shore, currents of debris upon my breast. Yet today I call you to my riverside, If you will study war no more. Come,
