tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post6039635696315440293..comments2023-11-05T07:53:12.708-05:00Comments on Poets United: Poet History #11 - Maya AngelouRosemary Nissen-Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-30382669175431830132010-11-29T16:29:29.413-05:002010-11-29T16:29:29.413-05:00Thank you Sherry for this excellent write up on Ma...Thank you Sherry for this excellent write up on Maya Angelou.....I am finally getting situated after the Thanksgiving Holiday and catching up on all the reading....she is an amazing woman...bkmsigned...bkmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558304976280070986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-4133824325753778352010-11-29T09:52:16.763-05:002010-11-29T09:52:16.763-05:00Sherry this is a magnificent article....I have alw...Sherry this is a magnificent article....I have always loved Maya Angelou's beautiful writing and poetry...I learned some new things here about her I did not know. Thank you so much! :-)Carrie Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715648073882529202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-53922812145918236602010-11-27T13:58:31.150-05:002010-11-27T13:58:31.150-05:00Maya Angelou is a living icon - one of the guiding...Maya Angelou is a living icon - one of the guiding souls of the 20th Century. <br />Sherry, did you know that the 'caged bird' line was first penned by Paul Laurence Dunbar in his poem Sympathy? It is a three stanza poem and the last contains the line Ms Angelou has made famous:<br /><br />I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,<br />When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore - <br />When he beats his bars and he would be free;<br />It is not a carol of joy or glee,<br />But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core<br />But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings - <br />I know why the caged bird sings!<br />(from 'Oak and Ivy' published 1893)Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-3487212364223461652010-11-26T13:23:59.311-05:002010-11-26T13:23:59.311-05:00Thanks, Robb, I was surprised as well at just how ...Thanks, Robb, I was surprised as well at just how much this modestly powerful woman has done in one lifetime. Whew! Inspiring for sure.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-26025947149936728402010-11-26T12:13:55.251-05:002010-11-26T12:13:55.251-05:00Sherry this was a wonderful article. I never real...Sherry this was a wonderful article. I never realized how accomplished Maya was. She has done so much in her life. She is one impressive woman. Thank you for writing this article and showing me how much more she was. I always new she was amazing but now I know she was more than amazing.Robert Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09536151998025229196noreply@blogger.com