The Week of Diana Poem by Maya Angelou
The Week of Diana
The dark lantern of world sadness has cast its shadow upon the land.
We stumble into our misery on leaden feet.
Our minds seek to comprehend the unknowable and our hearts seek to
Measure a tomorrow without the Sunshine Princess.
Her hands which had held bright tiaras and jewelled crowns,
Also stroked the faces of pain along
Angola's dusty roads.
She was born to the privilege of plenty
Yet, she communed with the needy without a show of pompous piety.
Glowing in Bosnia, radiant at glittering balls,
We came to love her and claim her for her grace and accessibility.
Luminous always.
We smiled to see her enter and grinned at her happiness.
Now the world we made is forever changed…
Made smaller, meaner, less colorful.
Yet, because she did live,
Because she ventured life and confronted change,
She has left us a legacy.
We also may dare…
To care for some other than ourselves and those who look like us.
And maybe we can take a lesson from her
And try to live our lives
With passion, compassion, humor and grace.
Goodbye Sunshine Princess.
a lovely befitting tribute poem for the peoples lost princess who really did care.
Maya Angelou's poems are too traditional. She uses clichéd images and word in a traditional way. Her ideas and metaphors are seldom original. She is so popular because of easy language, conventionality and somewhat cheap sentimentality. The poem is no exception.
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A beautiful and heartwarming tribute to a wonderful princess of the people.
Such an incredibly moving tribute to a true princess and saintly human being!
This poem is a marvelous tribute to Princess Diana. She describes the lovely princess perfectly.
try to live our lives With passion, compassion, humor and grace. Goodbye Sunshine Princess. caring for the sense of compassion of Diana. tony
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/24/2024 8:03:44 AM # 1.0.0.1119
A lovely tribute to the beautiful princess.