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Spotlight Poet: Maya Angelou

article image placeholderMaya Angelou | Poetry Foundation
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size but when I start to tell them they think I'm telling lies I say it's in the reach of my arms the span of my hips, the stride of my steps, the curve of my lips I'm a woman phenomenally, phenomenal woman That's me I walk into a room just as cool as you please and to a man the fellows stand or fall down on their knees Then they swarm around me A hive of honey bees I say It's the fire of my eyes and the flash of my teeth the swing in my waist, the joy in my feet I'm a woman phenomenally, phenomenal woman That's me men themselves have wondered what they see in me they try so much but they can't touch my inner mystery When I try to show them

https://s.swell.life/SSO9a1imwIcZLvK Listen in to here some poems by Maya Angelou: "Still I Rise" & "Phenomenal Woman" #arts #poetry #blackhistory

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