A PHENOMENAL WOMAN IN HER OWN RIGHT
All the poems collected here by Ms. Angelou are Copyright
Protected: 1978, 1981, 1990, 1994, by Maya Angelou.
Maya Angelou has written five volumes of autobiography,
beginning with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
She also has published five collections of poetry: And
Still I Rise; Just Give Me a Cold Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie;
Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna fit Me Well; Shaker, Why Don't you Sing?, and I Shall Not Be Moved; as well as On the Pulse of the Morning, the poem she read at the inauguration of President Clinton. All of her poetry has been brought together in The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou.
THE PULSE OF THE MORNING
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The horizon leans forward,
Offering you space to place new steps of change.
Here, on the pulse of this fine day
You may have the courage
To look up and out and upon me, the
Rock, the River, the Tree, your country.
No less to Midas than the mendicant.
No less to you now than the mastodon then.
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Here, on the pulse of this new day
You may have the grace to look up and out
And into your sister's eyes, and into
Your brother's face, your country
And say simply
Very simply
With hope --
Good morning.
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