Remembrance
July 5, 2023Million Man March Poem
July 5, 2023Refusal
Beloved,
In what other lives or lands
Have I known your lips
Your Hands
Your Laughter brave
Irreverent.
Those sweet excesses that
I do adore.
What surety is there
That we will meet again,
On other worlds some
Future time undated.
I defy my body’s haste.
Without the promise
Of one more sweet encounter
I will not deign to die.
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist known for her powerful and inspirational works. Her most famous work is the autobiographical book "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."