Maya Angelou

Men – Poem by Maya Angelou When I was young, I used to Watch behind the curtains As men walked up and down the street. […]

Alone – Poem by Maya Angelou Lying, thinking Last night How to find my soul a home Where water is not thirsty And bread loaf […]

Phenomenal Woman – Poem by Maya Angelou Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size […]

Woman Work – Poem by Maya Angelou I’ve got the children to tend The clothes to mend The floor to mop The food to shop […]

Still I Rise – Poem by Maya Angelou You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in […]

Caged Bird – Poem by Maya Angelou The free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and […]

Touched By An Angel – Poem by Maya Angelou We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves […]

Refusal – Poem by Maya Angelou Beloved, In what other lives or lands Have I known your lips Your Hands Your Laughter brave Irreverent. Those […]

A Conceit – Poem by Maya Angelou Give me your hand Make room for me to lead and follow you beyond this rage of poetry. […]

The Lesson – Poem by Maya Angelou I keep on dying again. Veins collapse, opening like the Small fists of sleeping Children. Memory of old […]