Maya Angelou, poet
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Maya Angelou

  • 22 Poems & Stories
  • 274.5K Reads

About Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928. She grew up in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. She was an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist.

Selected Quotes

You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,
— Maya Angelou
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A Rock, A River, A TreeHosts to species long since departed,
— Maya Angelou
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Poetry & Stories

  1. Still I Rise

    You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,

    1 min read · 13.2K reads

  2. Alone

    Lying, thinkingLast night

    1 min read · 12.8K reads

  3. On the Pulse of Morning

    A Rock, A River, A TreeHosts to species long since departed,

    3 min read · 12.8K reads

  4. I know why the caged bird sings

    A free bird leaps on the backOf the wind and floats downstream

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  5. Old Folks laugh

    They have spent theircontent of simpering,

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