Touched by an Angel by Maya Angelou We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of lonelines until love leaves its high holy te and comes into our sight 2 3
In and Out of Time by Maya Angelou The sun has come. The mist has gone. We see in the distance... our long way home. I was always yours to have. 15 32
Remembrance by Maya Angelou Your hands easy weight, teasing the bees hived in my hair, your smile at th slope of my cheek. On the occasion, you press 2
Come, and Be my Baby by Maya Angelou The highway is full of big cars going nowhere fast And folks is smoking anything that Some people wrap their lies around And you sit wondering 5 15
The Mothering Blackness by Maya Angelou She came home running back to the mothering blackness deep in the smothering blackness white tears icicle gold plains of She came home running 1
On Diverse Deviations by Maya Angelou When love is a shimmering curtain Before a door of chance That leads to a world in question Wherein the macabrous dance Of bones that rattle in silence 1
The Mask by Maya Angelou We wear the mask that grins and li It shades our cheeks and hides our This debt we pay to human guile With torn and bleeding hearts… We smile and mouth the myriad subt 4 22
Awaking in New York by Maya Angelou Curtains forcing their will against the wind, children sleep, exchanging dreams with seraphim. The city
A Conceit by Maya Angelou Give me your hand Make room for me to lead and follow you beyond this rage of poetry. 2 2
Insomniac by Maya Angelou There are some nights when sleep plays coy, aloof and disdainful. And all the wiles that I employ to win
