“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ~Maya Angelou
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One of my favorite poems… by Maya Angelou
I’m feeling moved to share one of my favorite poem by Maya Angelou. Although she mentions “my children” in the first line of Elegy, I’ve never felt her poem was to be read literally. This poem is about our creative offspring… whatever they may be. What have we nurtured in our lives? What are we [ Read more … ]
Maya Angelou
My favorite poem of all time is by Maya Angelou, called Elegy: I lay down in my grave and watch my children grow Proud blooms above the weeds of death. Their petals wave and still nobody knows the soft black dirt that is my winding sheet. The worms, my friends, yet tunnel holes in bones [ Read more … ]