Still I Rise par 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? 2 18
They Went Home par 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
The Lesson par Maya Angelou I keep on dying again. Veins collapse, opening like the Small fists of sleeping Children. Memory of old tombs, 7
Alone par Maya Angelou Lying, thinking Last night How to find my soul a home Where water is not thirsty And bread loaf is not stone 4
Kin par Maya Angelou We were entwined in red rings Of blood and loneliness before The first snows fell Before muddy rivers seeded clouds Above a virgin forest, and
The Mask par 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
We Had Him par Maya Angelou Beloveds, now we know that we know Without notice, our dear love can In the instant that Michael is go Though we are many, each of us is Only when we confess our confusion
Weekend Glory par Maya Angelou Some clichty folks don’t know the facts, posin’ and preenin’ and puttin’ on acts, stretchin’ their backs. 2
A Plagued Journey par Maya Angelou There is no warning rattle at the nor heavy feet to stomp the foyer Safe in the dark prison, I know t light slides over the fingered work of a toothless
Remembrance par 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