Still I RISE.... My Tribute To The Remarkable Maya Angelou

                       Still I Rise

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.

By Maya Angelou

On This Day..... Mat 28th, 2014

We lost an Inspirational author, poet, historian, civil rights activist, dancer, producer, playwright, performer, singer, director in Maya Angelou. Born, Marguerite Johnson, on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, she touched the masses with her poetry. Maya Angelou was best known for her autobiographical books. Letter to My Daughter (2008), The Heart Of AWoman (1981) and I Know Why A Caged Bird Sings (1969), just to name a few. 

Maya's wrote and published many books of poetry. One in particular; Just Give Me A Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971) in which she was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. The first African American female director in Hollywood, she wrote , produced, directed, as well as playing the lead role.  Maya Angelou has accomplished many facets of the entertainment industry to writing original screen plays, producing many award winning documentaries, a two times Tony award nominee for Look Away (1973) and in (1977) for her immaculate performance in Roots. To coordinating the Southern Christian Leadership Conference at the request of Dr. Martin Luther King, in 1959.

Maya Angelou passed in Winston Salem, North Carolina. She was 86 years of age. 

Sleep now Angel, for you have completed your mission. Never to be forgotten, for your poetry will live on forever, You are My Inspiration to Write- Michelle Stokes

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