Shaker, why Don't You Sing?Tenderly, joyously, sometimes in sadness, sometimes in pain, Maya Angelou writes from the heart and celebrates life as only she has discovered it. In this moving volume of poetry, we hear the multi-faceted voice of one of the most powerful and vibrant writers of our time. The wisdom, rue and humor of her storytelling are borne on a lilting rhythm completely her own, the product of a born writer's senses nourished on black church singing and preaching, soft mother talk and salty street talk, and on literature: James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Shakespeare and Gorki. -- The New York Times Book Review.Black, bitter and beautiful, she speaks of our survival. -- James Baldwin. |
Contents
Awaking in New York | 3 |
Unmeasured Tempo | 11 |
Avec Merci Mother | 18 |
Copyright | |
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ain't awake Black breast breath BRIEF INNOCENCE caged bird sings Capricious Cool Drink croon crowded Daddy dance dark Dawn distant hill DON'T YOU SING door dreams Drink of Water dusty Evicted fearful trill feet are tied film fore I Diiie frail free bird Georgia gone Gonna Fit grown old hair Hallelujah HEALTH-FOOD heart hold Hurry keyhole known Ladies LAST DECISION lawn lips Loins Maya Angelou moon Mother mouth Oh Pray opens his throat Panting play coy Pork Pray My Wings Pretty baby Romance Saturday night screams screenplay SHAKER silver sings of freedom Sister SLAVE COFFLE sleep song Southern stalk stand summer's Tears thighs things unknown throat to sing Tired Today trill of things tune is heard turned to blue UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN unknown but longed unsung wait Water fore White folks wind wings are clipped Wings Are Gonna Woman young sailor