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50 States of Generosity: Arkansas

By Megan Willome 11 Comments

Arkansas Hawksbill Crag-Whitaker Point

We continue our 50 States of Generosity series with a focus on Arkansas and its state butterfly, the Diana. Maya Angelou’s here, too!

Filed Under: 50 States, Blog, Butterfly Poems, Maya Angelou, poetry prompt

Your Work Is Poetry: Poetry at Work Day 2018!

By Glynn Young 23 Comments

Happy Poetry at Work Day It's Time for a Poetry Break

Today is Poetry at Work Day 2018. Most poets have day jobs, because poetry isn’t that lucrative a profession. But poetry is inherent in all work.

Filed Under: article, Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou, Poems, poetry, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day, Poets, T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, Walt Whitman

Take Your Poet to Work: Maya Angelou

By Will Willingham 12 Comments

As we continue to get ready for the 2015 Take Your Poet to Work Day Celebration, this week we welcome Maya Angelou to our collection of ready-for-work poets.

Filed Under: Black Poets, Blog, Maya Angelou, Poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Maya Angelou: The Poetry and Life of Reinvention

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

Maya Angelou-You May Have the Grace

Maya Angelou was an unlikely candidate for literary success. But she reinvented herself, more than once.

Filed Under: Black Poets, Hope Poems, Humanity Poems, Maya Angelou, Poems, poetry, poetry news, Poets

Eating and Drinking Poems: Maya Angelou’s “Phenomenal Woman”

By Scott Anderson 12 Comments

Poet Scott Edward Anderson pays homage to both his fiance and Maya Angelou by pairing the poem “Phenomenal Woman” with the comfort food of a Spoon Roast.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Blog, Eating and Drinking Poems, Maya Angelou, Poems, poetry, Recipes, Woman Poems

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