Maya Angelou is probably my favorite poet of all time, and her famous poem entitled Still I Rise may very well be my favorite poem by Maya Angelou, over and above all other poems. The Do It Anyway poem posted the other day is another one of my favorites, probably because poems like Still I Rise and Do It Anyway express in words and tone my way of thinking and feeling about life and adversities that don’t include the more “colorful language” that would inevitably rise up out of my mouth in certain situations.
For example, Grandpa forwarded an email video clip of a song entitled “I’m About to Whip Somebody’s Ass” to me a few days ago, and after listening to the little song clip and viewing the cartoon character singing the little ditty, we shared a good laugh together simply because of the comical and oh-so colorful song title. Too funny. The song is on Youtube if you’re interested.
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