They Went Home by Maya Angelou They went home and told their wive that never once in all their lives had they known a girl like me, But... They went home. They said my house was licking cle
from on the Pulse of Morning by Maya Angelou A Rock, A River, A Tree Hosts to species long since depart Marked the mastodon, The dinosaur, who left dried token Of their sojourn here
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
Woman Me by Maya Angelou Your smile, delicate rumor of peace. Deafening revolutions nestle in th cleavage of your breasts 2 1
Human Family by Maya Angelou I note the obvious differences in the human family. Some of us are serious, some thrive on comedy. Some declare their lives are lived 2 3
Momma Welfare Roll by Maya Angelou Her arms semaphore fat triangles, Pudgy hands bunched on layered hip Where bones idle under years of fa And lima beans. Her jowls shiver in accusation 2
The Lesson by Maya Angelou I keep on dying again. Veins collapse, opening like the Small fists of sleeping Children. Memory of old tombs, 7
Million Man March Poem by Maya Angelou The night has been long, The wound has been deep, The pit has been dark, And the walls have been steep. Under a dead blue sky on a distant
Woman Work by Maya Angelou I’ve got the children to tend The clothes to mend The floor to mop The food to shop Then the chicken to fry 1