The celebrated poet, essayist, filmmaker, civil rights activist – Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) – is one of the most recognized and influential literary voices of our time. While she is very well-known for her more popular writings, such as: Phenomenal Woman, Letter to My Daughter, and I know why the caged bird sings…
Phenomenal Woman
She is lesser well-known for her children’s versus. There are few who represent and define fear with the elegance and grace of Dr. Angelou – who has overcome great hardships herself, including: childhood rape, poverty and addiction – to become a world-renowned and beloved author and poet. Perhaps one of the greatest and most influential of her time.
In this beautifully written and artfully illustrated children’s book, Dr. Angelou’s strong words are paired with the lovely drawings of contemporary artist and grafittist, Jean-Michael Basquait, A Haitian-American living in New York, who finally succumbed to a heroin addiction (d. 1988).
Life Doesn’t Frighten me artfully reminds children about the courage that lives in all of us.
Take a listen to the reading of the poem by Maya Angelou.
You can purchase Life Doesn’t Frighten me on Amazon here.
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Maya will certainly be missed. Her poetry was so beautiful.
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Yes it is. Just listen to her voice. Thanks so much for stopping by!
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love that poem. Maya was such an amazingly talented artist…she will bemissed, but gave such power and inspiration
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She was certainly an inspirational woman!
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Very! Thanks so much for being such an awesome Co-host this week!
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Listening to this poem was a lovely way to start my day. Thanks for sharing!
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It always is. There is something about her voice, powerful and smooth. Thanks so much for stopping by!
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She visited my university, and I’ve been a fan ever since. We actually read this poem in our homeschool this week. We are really on the same page this week – first From Head to Toe then this one! 🙂 I’m going to let Bignificent listen to this recording tomorrow. She’ll love it! Thanks so much for sharing this at Booknificent Thursday! Hope to see you again soon!
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Thanks so much for the fabulous link-up! that’s so awesome that you read this poem. What book am I going to post this week?
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Ha, ha! Let’s see…I read In the Tall, Tall Grass, How Andrew Got His Spots, and Welcome to the Grand View, Hannah! this week. If you get any of those, I’m going to be freaked out! 🙂
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