The Black Family Pledge Comments

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A great poem from a great poetess Maya Angelou! Congratulations for the Modern Poem Of The Day

Profoundly and powerfully penned with conviction.

I pledge to do better.

Profound.

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A sincere effort to eliminate generation gap and to uphold heritage

Appreciable attempt to eliminate the generation gap and to uphold tradition

One must do the best to honor the ancestors and cherish the love and care cultivated by their culture. A very worthy and inspiring poem of Maya Angelou.

Our children cannot pray! ! To stay along the lines of love and life. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

We ARE our brothers and sisters./// written on the world fraternity

A beautiful pledge penned by Maya Angelou. We cannot forget our ancestors. They need to respected and remembered with much gratitude for the contribution they have made during their life time. We need the blessings of our ancestors. Excellent poem that all should read.

Excellent employment of anaphora to emphasise the need for social conscience and solidarity among the Afro - American community.

What a lovely poem.. some of the very few modern poems I've liked, Marvelous, simply marvelous.

this poem is really trash. OFF

A much better poem than some of her others. Good repetition of 'BECAUSE', followed by acts of failure, but ultimately redeemed by bonding together as brothers and sisters and acknowledging the answered prayers of the people, so that God brought them out of 'hopeless desolation'. A brilliant, optimistic poem.

Nice one Maya Angelou

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BECAUSE we have banished the God of our ancestors, our children cannot pray. IN HONOR of those who toiled and implored God with golden tongues, and in gratitude to the same God who brought us out of hopeless desolation, we make this pledge. a great prayer and advice. tony

Your poems are so impactful