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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?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
Maya Angelou
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Clarence Prince
(8/30/2010 10:14:00 AM) |
'I Rise, I rise, I rise' Maya, I will just say: Amen! To this poem of yours, for through it all, many even today are still hopeful that one day they will rise.
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Terence George Craddock
(8/22/2010 6:01:00 PM) |
'Still I Rise' Like Maya Angelou Do You?
Indomitable will of humanity
to rise from oppression
slavery all odds uncounted
the will of those who cannot
bend the knee to ultimately
triumph over...
This is a 'Perspective Stand'
'aspiring must be free.
Immortal spirit
enslaved, crushed, endures
destined to ascend
to ultimately rise,
once and for all.
A path not a means
a part of us,
evolving through progressing
its purpose, ...
an individual rises free.'
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Brennan Cortes
(8/17/2010 6:44:00 AM) |
well im not into poems but this a good poem since its very long and I can understand it
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Ijin B
(8/8/2010 12:15:00 PM) |
love her
i think this is what modern woman's all about
so much power in her words yet without becoming forceful or overly assertive, it makes me smile
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Lousia Dai
(8/6/2010 2:53:00 AM) |
So powerful poem, a nuclear weapon explodes in someone's mind.
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Hanna Caldwell
(7/27/2010 11:59:00 PM) |
This poem is just as wonderful and beautifully written as all of her others. I admire her and thank her for inspiring me.
As to Mr. William Rodenburg, who has commented negatively on several of Maya Angelou's poems, if you don't like her writing please save all of us who like to read the positive comments about poems the trouble of reading all of your hateful comments. This is a place to revel and admire an author and their work, not to be rude about it. I understand that everyone has their own opinions and thoughts about her work but you have expressed your views multiple times, so understand that we know by now what you think of her!
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Unwritten Soul
(7/20/2010 10:36:00 AM) |
I just cant believe why they just vote it as 8.7..she deserve 10+++..such a deep and strong poem! Everything in ur heart translated into perfect lines!
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Maria Garriga
(7/17/2010 7:30:00 PM) |
Powerful images and flowing cadence.
I get such a rush when I read this poem, truly one of the greatest to emerge from America.
It's like an open secret - there are many who simply won't understand.
It's delicious to revel in its beauty while others stand gaping, wondering what there is to see.
There's nothing for you here Mr. Rodenberg, but splendor for me.
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