The Complete Poetry

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The Complete Poetry

Throughout her illustrious career in letters, Maya Angelou gifted, healed, and inspired the world with her words. Now the beauty and spirit of those words live on in this new and complete collection of poetry that reflects and honors the writerâ€™s remarkable life.
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Every poetic phrase, every poignant verse can be found within the pages of this sure-to-be-treasured volumeâ€”from her reflections on African American life and hardship in the compilation Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water â€™fore I Diiie (â€œThough thereâ€™s one thing that I cry for / I believe enough to die for / That is every manâ€™s responsibility to manâ€) to her revolutionary celebrations of womanhood in the poem â€œStill I Riseâ€ (â€œOut of the huts of historyâ€™s shame / I rise / Up from a past thatâ€™s rooted in pain / I riseâ€) to her â€œOn the Pulse of Morningâ€ tribute at President William Jefferson Clintonâ€™s inauguration (â€œLift up your eyes upon / The day breaking for you. / Give birth again / To the dream.â€).
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Maya Angelou: The Complete Poetry also features her final long-form poems, including â€œA Brave and Startling Truth,â€ â€œAmazing Peace,â€ â€œHis Day Is Done,â€ and the honest and endearing Mother:
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â€œI feared if I let you go
You would leave me eternally.
You smiled at my fears, saying
I could not stay in your lap foreverâ€
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This collection also includes the never-before-published poemÂ â€œAmazement Awaits,â€ commissioned for the 2008 Olympic Games:
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â€œWe are here at the portal of the world we had wished for
At the lintel of the world we most need.
We are here roaring and singing.
We prove that we can not only make peace, we can bring it with us.â€
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Timeless and prescient, this definitive compendium will warm the hearts of Maya Angelouâ€™s most ardent admirers as it introduces new readers to the legendary poet, activist, and teacherâ€”a phenomenal woman for the ages.

From the Hardcover edition.

Country	USA
Author	Maya Angelou
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780812997880
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Random House
Manufacturer	Random House
NumberOfPages	336
PublicationDate	2015-03-31
Publisher	Random House
ReleaseDate	2015-03-31
Studio	Random House

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