Rubin Farr Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Not much of a poetry fan, but she was a phenomenal woman. https://www.yahoo.com/news/author-maya-angelou-dies-86-north-carolina-151746880.html Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Positive Metal Attitude Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83582-maya-angelou-dead-at-86/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adieu Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 From HONY FB page, "I tend to be cynical about a lot of things, but Maya Angelou is somebody that no matter how much I pick her apart, she still has integrity. She was a victim of incest and rape, and she worked as a stripper. And now she’s a literary icon and Nobel Laureate. It goes to show that life is cumulative, and you can’t devalue any type of experience." Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Adieu's signature Hide all signatures There will be new love from the ashes of us. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83582-maya-angelou-dead-at-86/#findComment-2168835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 sucks. she was also kunta kinte's grandmother Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83582-maya-angelou-dead-at-86/#findComment-2168837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Quote You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I’ll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops, Weakened by my soulful cries? Does my haughtiness offend you? Don’t you take it awful hard ‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines Diggin’ in my own backyard. 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. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83582-maya-angelou-dead-at-86/#findComment-2168918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBLA Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 R.I.P. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7sCs2t7NjM Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide QBLA's signature Hide all signatures BONDING TAPES JOYFUL UNION CASSETTE BLOG ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83582-maya-angelou-dead-at-86/#findComment-2168977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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