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    Elder Woman… A Poem for Miss. Maya

    June 4, 2014 /

      Miss. Maya, Can I tell our shared story? How we all became your daughters and sons? Many of us never met you face to face. Yet…Somehow feel as if we are all kin to you.   You wiped tears of shame from eyes distances away with pages used as tissues. Ink running over and down like water cascading off cheeks onto your volumes’ sheets We were first introduced to you and your writings in “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” And from that day on, we were hooked. Wishing we could crawl into your bosom and just weep.   Elder Woman, you were clothed with wisdom and grace.…

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    His Day is Done – A Tribute Poem for Nelson Mandela by Dr. Maya Angelou

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    On Thursday, December 5, 2013 as a global family we began to mourn the loss of Nelson Mandela.  A man whose whole life exemplified, grace, honor, strength of courage, diligence and a strong commitment to the basic belief that all men were created to be free. Mr. Mandela served 27 years as a political prisoner for his strong beliefs in his native country of South Africa.  In his life time, he saw Apartheid, abolished and himself (a black man) upon his release be elected as his country’s first democratically elected president.   From that illustrious position, he stirred the reins of power, showing the world that real power is found in…

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