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April 18, 2025

Echoes of Influence

I love Maya Angelou’s poetry, but it is not what drew me to her. What drew me to Angelou first was her story. When I read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and discovered she had also written other collections of autobiographies, I was delighted by her strength and how it came out in… Continue reading

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August 11, 2022

American History by Michael S. Harper

As we get closer to September and the close of this year’s poetry contest, I will post more poems from other artists to help spark creativity. I hope you will use them as a guide as you write your own. This year’s theme is Freedom, so we will focus on poems that are relatable to… Continue reading

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August 10, 2022

Caged Bird by Maya Angelou

As we get closer to September and the close of this year’s poetry contest, I will post more poems from other artists to help spark creativity. I hope you will use them as a guide as you write your own. This year’s theme is Freedom, so we will focus on poems that have to do… Continue reading

Guest Poetry

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October 20, 2021

No Whining Wednesday: Gratitude and Faith

Welcome back to another episode of No Whining Wednesday! Today, you cannot whine, criticize, or complain. If you are new to this blog or new to this segment please visit the NWW page here for past episodes. I don’t have much to write to you today, but I want to share this quote with you.… Continue reading

No Whining Wednesday

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January 21, 2021

3 Poetry Lessons from Amanda and Angelou

Lesson #1: Study Amanda Gorman, 22, became the youth poet laureate of Los Angeles at sixteen years old in 2014 and the first national youth poet laureate three years later. On Wednesday, she became the youngest poet to write and recite a piece at a presidential inauguration, following Maya Angelou and Robert Frost’s considerably more experienced footsteps. (Los Angeles Times)… Continue reading

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October 20, 2020

The Mistake

This poem was inspired by Maya Angelou’s “We Wear the Mask,” and Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “Mask.” We define grief as tears, not smiles heartbreaking groans, and complaints an emotion-gripped body that bends and aches a display of physical pain is how we mistake what it means to grieve. We lookout for people who are visibly… Continue reading

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April 5, 2020

People Will Never Forget How You Made them Feel

If there is one thing I have learned in both my personal and professional life (to include blogging) is that change is inevitable. One day you will look up and the people who were rooting for you, in the beginning, are not rooting for you any longer. As I’ve said on this blog once before,… Continue reading

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