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Maya Angelou has died
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brer cat
(24,560 posts)K&R
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)irisblue
(32,968 posts)it has had a major impact in my life, Thank you Dr. Angelou.
SaveOurDemocracy
(4,400 posts)I celebrate her life, her generosity of spirit, her enduring wisdom. Maya Angelou will be sorely missed, but never forgotten.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)gademocrat7
(10,656 posts)An inspiration to us all. May she rest in peace.
ColesCountyDem
(6,943 posts)Ninga
(8,275 posts)legacy. So powerful, so needed, so appreciated, so loved.
MADem
(135,425 posts)She had a powerful impact on my life; I'm sure others feel the same.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,999 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)WillyT
(72,631 posts)& Rec !!!
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)2banon
(7,321 posts)For a remarkable woman.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Maya Angelou
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)RIP May Angelou~
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)they would designated her a title that translates to "Living National Treasure."
We lost a national treasure today. Our solace is, by being a lady of words, she can still be of value to generations to come.
And the day America sees that it's people are her treasures, not gold which is just glitter mixed with lies, she will become a good nation.
smallcat88
(426 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)So it is.
sheshe2
(83,746 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Do not surrender even when defeated,
and do not be a slave even in bondage,
trembling with fear advance bravely,
and attack with fury, though badly wounded.
Be as stubborn as a rusting nail,
that refuses to yield though old and ruined,
and do not envy the peacock's plumage,
that hides in fear at the first noise.
Be as a god that never cries,
or as a devil that never prays,
or as the oak whose mighty canopy,
needs of water but does not beg it.
Even when it rolls to the dust,
let your head scowl and bite,
and scream for vengeance.
- Pedro Palacios Almafuerte
Argentinian poet 1854-1917
vlakitti
(401 posts)Thank you for posting it.
I had never heard of Almafuerte before and I very much like his work.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)State the Obvious
(842 posts)
.and I will remember this one.
When people SHOW YOU who they are
..believe them.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)She seemed eternal.
I can't wrap my head around this.
smallcat88
(426 posts)One of the most beautiful souls and intelligent women who ever lived. Her death is our loss.
maced666
(771 posts)We Are All God's Creation
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/28/maya-angelou-god_n_5403939.html
Third Doctor
(1,574 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)in a century... and I use century very loosely.
She will always be remembered and cherished.
polmaven
(9,463 posts)In a cultural sense, I think Maya embodied the Democratic Party spirit, much as Paula Dean, Anne Coulter, Mrs. Dugggar or the Duck Dynasty wives do for the other side. Or maybe that brunette troll that's always pictured with the House Republican leadership. . . can never remember her name.