The Phenomenal Woman Poetry Anthology


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A phenomenal read! This book is an important and inspiring collection of poetry by over 50 great writers from different corners of the world, who gathered together in the name of Dr. Maya Angelou, a leading light and woman of excellence. The writers have unleashed their poetic powers in reverence of her. The poems in this book are motivating and enthralling, entertaining and enlightening. They will make you shed tears, rejoice, pause and ponder about your life, living and legacy. This book is loaded with wealth of wisdom. After taking a journey through this masterpiece, you will have a deep rethink about your life and be fired up to be an exemplar. There's something for you in this book!




Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie


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Another remarkable collection of poetry from one of America's masters of the medium. The first part gathers together poems of love and nostalgic memory, while Part II portrays confrontations inherent in a racist society.




And Still I Rise


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Maya Angelou’s unforgettable collection of poetry lends its name to the documentary film about her life, And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters. Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms, The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me. Thus begins “Phenomenal Woman,” just one of the beloved poems collected here in Maya Angelou’s third book of verse. These poems are powerful, distinctive, and fresh—and, as always, full of the lifting rhythms of love and remembering. And Still I Rise is written from the heart, a celebration of life as only Maya Angelou has discovered it. “It is true poetry she is writing,” M.F.K. Fisher has observed, “not just rhythm, the beat, rhymes. I find it very moving and at times beautiful. It has an innate purity about it, unquenchable dignity. . . . It is astounding, flabbergasting, to recognize it, in all the words I read every day and night . . . it gives me heart, to hear so clearly the caged bird singing and to understand her notes.”




Phenomenal Woman


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A collection of beloved poems about women from the iconic Maya Angelou These four poems, “Phenomenal Woman,” “Still I Rise,” “Weekend Glory,” and “Our Grandmothers,” are among the most remembered and acclaimed of Maya Angelou's poems. They celebrate women with a majesty that has inspired and touched the hearts of millions. “Phenomenal Woman” is a phenomenal poem that speaks to us of where we are as women at the dawn of a new century. In a clear voice, Maya Angelou vividly reminds us of our towering strength and beauty.




The Worst Poetry Book Ever


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This book will leave you in silence. Whether it be from tears of laughter or from a single recurring thought: "WTF did I just read?", The Worst Poetry Book Ever, is quite literally the worst poetry book ever. I hope you like it! Or hate it!




You Don't Have to Be Everything


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Poems to Turn to Again and Again – from Amanda Gorman, Sharon Olds, Kate Baer, and More Created and compiled just for young women, You Don’t Have to Be Everything is filled with works by a wide range of poets who are honest, unafraid, and skilled at addressing the complex feelings of coming-of-age, from loneliness to joy, longing to solace, attitude to humor. These unintimidating poems offer girls a message of self-acceptance and strength, giving them permission to let go of shame and perfectionism. The cast of 68 poets is extraordinary: Amanda Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate, who read at Joe Biden's inauguration; bestselling authors like Maya Angelou, Elizabeth Acevedo, Sharon Olds, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Mary Oliver; Instagram-famous poets including Kate Baer, Melody Lee, and Andrea Gibson; poets who are LGBTQ, poets of diverse racial and cultural backgrounds, poets who sing of human experience in ways that are free from conventional ideas of femininity. Illustrated in full color with work by three diverse artists, this book is an inspired gift for daughters and granddaughters—and anyone on the path to becoming themselves. No matter how old you are, it helps to be young when you're coming to life, to be unfinished, a mysterious statement, a journey from star to star. —Joy Ladin, excerpt from "Survival Guide"




On the Pulse of Morning


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A beautifully packaged hardcover edition of the poem that captivated the nation and quickly became a national bestseller. From the Trade Paperback edition.







Overcoming the Challenges of Life


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In life, there is a summons that is often threatening, provocative, and stimulating; a hard nut to crack that tries to dash our hope and defeat our expectation at fulfilling our purposes for living. Great people like Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, George Washington, Maya Angelou, Marie Curie, Nelson Mandela, David Livingstone, Christopher Columbus, Thomas Jefferson, John Glenn, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Neil Armstrong, Bill Gates, Anyaele Sam Chiyson and even President Barack Obama overcame the challenges of life to crown themselves with success. You too can be flushed with succeeding in accordance with your desires and perfect your purpose for living. In this exceptionally well-informed and thriving book, Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha gives you what it takes to keep yourself on the right footing to be upstanding and outstanding, and bring all you want to achieve to a happy issue. In this day and age, there is a greater call to build your self-assurance, overcome anything that upset your applecart, develop understanding of who you really are, develop what it takes to be at the top line and on top of things, develop persistence and an expectant winning attitude, take charge, develop the quality of mind to do what it takes and a mindset that is loaded with state of well-being. No matter where you are at the moment, you have a life; make a success of your life. This book will fill you with immediate and immeasurable apprehension to be on the systems and be significant through out the system that drives the progress of human race. It will also fill you with what it takes to bring your desires to a happy issue. You are a SUCCESS! You are living at the best time of life. Overcome as much as you can; make the principles in this life-changing book the light that enlighten your intelligence as you become a shining and burning light that lighten places.




Philly Jawns for Women Revisited


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" Editors Debra Powell-Wright and Pat McLean-Smith have lovingly gathered a chorus of voices from the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection to honor Nina Simone, the queen of Black Woman Magic, Rage and Reckoning. These Philly jawns revisit and revive Nina's infinite gospel. This anthology is both playlist and prayer for Ms. Simone, our mold-breaker and future-fashioner. -- Yolanda Wisher, Philadelphia Poet Laureate 2016-2017" (from back cover)