The Poets Pluck

THE POETS PLUCK         Maya Angelou

ON THE PULSE OF MORNING
a new dawn will arise, hungry baby cries
STILL I RISE
dry baby's eyes

PASSING TIME 
WHEN YOU COME HOME
off to work I'll tread
INSOMNIAC, half dead, I moan

prayed TO BE TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL
I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS
a MOMMA WELFARE ROLL
No medicine for baby, and no baby swings  



2/21/17
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Canerdy Avatar
February 22, 2017 at 2:05 PM
How beautiful and moving, Donna! Janice
Roberts Avatar
February 22, 2017 at 6:23 PM
Thankyou Janice
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