A review by cielosiluminado
The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

i need to get a physical copy of this book so i can annotate it!!!!!

just give me a cool drink of water ‘fore i diiie
part one: where love is a scream of anguish

• in a time (p. 22)
• to a husband (p. 25)
• mourning grace (p. 31)
• how i can lie to you (p. 32)

part two: just before the world ends

• when i think about myself (p. 35)
• riot: 60’s (pp. 45-46)
• we saw beyond our seeming (p. 47)
• no no no no (pp. 49-52)

oh pray my wings are gonna fit me well
part one

• on reaching forty (p. 67)

part two

• poor girl (pp. 73-74)
• alone (pp. 77-78)

part three

• request (p. 85)
• africa (pp. 86-87)
• america (pp. 88-89)

part four

• the pusher (pp. 97-99)

part five

• i almost remember (pp. 102-03)
• song for the old ones (pp. 110-11)
• take time out (pp. 114-16)
• elegy (pp. 117-18)

i shall not be moved

• human family (pp. 226-28)
• son to mother (p. 241)
• these yet to be united states (p. 244)
• our grandmothers (pp. 258-262)