Cage Bird By Maya Angelou Analysis

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This book is dedicated to the late, great Maya Angelou. I took away from our brief meeting to “never stop writing” and I never will. <<IMAGE OF MAYA ANGELOU>> “The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart. “-Maya Angelou Poetry has always been a part of who I am. Some people place poets and writers in different categories. I believe that writing is poetry and poetry is writing. Essentially, you cannot have one without the other. I have been writing poems since I was about 6 years old. I gave them as gifts, wrote them for people I loved & hated and a few finally made it to print four years ago. I don’t expect my poems to change the world but poetry has definitely changed mine.…show more content…
The cage was cold and uncovered so all could see Who I was even I didn’t want to be Somewhere out there someone had the key Or so I thought because the key was within me A caged bird no more, now I am free The One I wish every woman could feel what I’m feeling right now His eyes, his touch, I never want to come down At last real love has really been found He tells me he needs me for life and that one day I’ll be his wife Friend or lover he’ll never let go I’m so happy I didn’t let my heart turned cold What does love feel like? I always wanted to know Now I do and I ain’t never letting him
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