Tag Archives: Maya Angelou

A Hopeful Poem for Dark Times

Maya Angelou’s visionary poem “A Brave and Startling Truth” reminds us of what human beings can be when they are at their best.

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Dunbar and Angelou on Caged Birds

In “Caged Bird,” Angelou contrasts the life of a bird that is caged with tht of a bird that is free.

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bell hooks Saw Lit’s Liberating Power

In an interchange with Maya Angelou, bell hooks agreed that literature helps us cross demographic boundaries.

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March Madness Is Divinest Sense (Sort of)

Having a March Madness bracket for poems provided excitement for kids and enlightenment for this teacher.

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Kamala Harris, a Phenomenal Woman

To understand the power exuded by Kamala Harris, check out these two Maya Angelou poems.

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When Great Souls Die

Tuesday Today is the 19th anniversary of my oldest son’s death. When Justin died in a freak drowning accident in 2000, our world turned upside down. He was 21 at the time and would have been 40 this year. In “When Great Trees Fall,” Maya Angelou captures much of what I experienced. I’m struck by […]

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Incoming Judge Cites Maya Angelou

Sugman Suggs, the latest member of Slovenia’s constitutional court, cited Maya Angelou in her acceptance speech. The passage was very appropriate.

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Books Helped Free Angelou’s Caged Bird

Maya Angelou, who died Wednesday, found strength in the literature of Shakespeare, Poe, Dunbar, and others.

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Poetry in the Commencement Ceremony

Our Commencement was jolted by a reading of Martin Espada’s “Imagine the Angels of Bread.”

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