HAPPY NATIONAL POETRY DAY and HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH!!! From POETRY CORNER |COGOP REGION 1 I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou The free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wings in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing. The caged bird sings with fearful trill of the things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom The free bird thinks of another breeze an the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn and he names the sky his own. But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom. Maya Angelou Send your creative writing pieces to [email protected] to be published on the website londonnorth.org/poems/poetry_corner.html and to be shared with others! Bless others with the gift that God has given you!
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 23:04:26 +0000
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