a b Manegold, Catherine S. (20 January 1993). "An Afternoon with Maya Angelou; A Wordsmith at Her Inaugural Anvil". The New York Times . Retrieved 2 October 2007. Maya Angelou (2012). The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou (illustrateded.). Random House Publishing Group. p.175. ISBN 978-0-307-43205-6 . Retrieved 17 May 2014. The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-679-42895-4 What is it like to be a woman of colour with brilliant intellectual and linguistic power? Is it a blessing, is it a curse, is it both at the same time? Isn't it just being human, in the end?

Gillespie, Marcia Ann, Rosa Johnson Butler, and Richard A. Long. (2008). Maya Angelou: A Glorious Celebration. New York: Random House, p. 101. ISBN 978-0-385-51108-7 a b Waldron, Clarence (25 December 2006). "Maya Angelou: On Christmas, Dave Chappelle and What Inspires Her". Jet. No.110. p.29 . Retrieved 4 October 2011. Eby, Margaret (12 December 2013). "Maya Angelou pens poem for Nelson Mandela: 'His Day is Done'". New York Daily News. Retrieved 16 February 2014.a b Brown, Avonie (4 January 1997). "Maya Angelou: The Phenomenal Woman Rises Again". New York Amsterdam News. Vol.88, no.1. p.2. a b c Letkemann, Jessica (28 May 2014). "Maya Angelou's Life in Music: Ashford & Simpson Collab, Calypso Album & More". Billboard . Retrieved 16 November 2014.

What I like about poetry is that it is never completely "read". Like the Akshaya Patra ("Inexhaustible Vessel") in the Indian Epic Mahabharata, which keeps on delivering food no matter how many times one approaches it, a poetry book will keep on supplying food for the intellect. In every new reading of a favourite poem, you will find something fresh to appreciate. Her publisher, Random House, placed the poems of her previous volumes in this collection, perhaps to capitalize on her popularity following her reading of her poem " On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993. The volumes included in the collection are Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971), Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well (1975), And Still I Rise (1978), Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? (1983), and I Shall Not Be Moved (1990). Also included was "On the Pulse of Morning". Angelou's publisher placed four previously-published poems in a smaller volume, entitled Phenomenal Woman in 1995. [2] Angelou reciting her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993Angelou studied and began writing poetry at a young age. [3] After her rape at the age of eight, as recounted in her first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings(1969), she dealt with her trauma by memorizing and reciting great works of literature, including poetry, which helped bring her out of her self-imposed muteness. [4] Angelou considered herself a playwright and poet when her editor Robert Loomis challenged her to write Caged Bird, [5] but she has been best known for her autobiographies. [6] Many of her readers identify her as a poet first and an autobiographer second, [6] but like Lynn Z. Bloom, many critics consider her autobiographies more important than her poetry. [7] Waggoner, Martha (13 September 2006). "Maya Angelou to Host Show on XM Radio". Fox News . Retrieved 28 September 2007. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-02-22 17:01:00 Boxid IA1778414 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Col_number COL-609 Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier For the first time, the complete collection of Maya Angelou's published poems-including "On the Pulse of Morning"--In a permanent collectible, handsome hardcover edition

Walker, Pierre A. (October 1995). "Racial Protest, Identity, Words, and Form in Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings". College Literature 22, (3): 91. doi: 00933139 This is the first time I’ve read an entire collection of Maya Angelou’s poetry in its entirety and I can say I was deeply moved, and her perspectives on life make me want to be a better teacher, husband and person. Her acute sense of understanding about how love comes and goes is brilliantly found in my favorite poem, Late October: “Only lovers see the fall, a signal end to endings” (Angelou 8).Evet, bu şiirler ifade olarak benzese de çok farklı duyguların yansımaları her ikisi de. Her ikisini de çok seviyorum.