Maya Angelou (4 April 1928)

Maya -

There's a typo on line 2 - win?
I would like permission to post this poem on my blog:

www.poetryagainstpoverty.vox.com

I am trying to raise the universal consciousness on this social crisis and I feel this poem has a very powerful voice.

Thank you -

Cheryl Lynn Moyer

Her poems are so captivating they show you things that sometimes you cant understand and they make you frustrated but still you keep on coming mesmarized by how beutiful the poems are

One of the greatest of all American poems. Is has the sweep and universal vision of the best of Whitman.

woooooooooooooooow..im speachless the poem speaks for it's self..one of the most beautifulest meaningful poems i've read just wish i could come up with something so enchanting

Amazing and enchanting! Such awesome adjectives...I'm speechless! !

I love this poem, not only the message, but the imagery in this just amazes me sometimes.

The cage bird sings of freedom, oh yes. Is there freedom really, here on this earth, I don't believe so. There's always someone to tell us what to do, how not to speak, watch our tongue, crack the whip so-to-speak. Is there freedom really, no I don't believe so, there's always someone to make our decisions for us, to legislate rather than educate. Is there freedom really, no I don't believe so, there's always someone to tell us what we can watch, what we can't watch etc. etc. etc. I believe true freedom comes when we close earths door behind us and open the door to everlasting life in front of us. Oh yes, that is true freedom.
Fantastic poem, absolutely fantastic poem-liked it very much.
Maya Angelou-Great Poet--------Melvina

Maya made to wing it, The caging bird to bring it
With Angelou a freedom flow,
In Stilling bird to sing it

Perfect expression for freedom. I liked it

I think the 2nd line was supposed to be 'on the back of the wind' and not 'on the back of the win'. 'wind' would have consonance with 'end' 2 lines later. 'the win' on the other hand is colloquial, and makes little sense in this context. Free birds didn't win anything mentioned in this poem.