sia2019 Stl Rise by Maya Angolou | Poety Foundation Ac the meeting of my thighs? f the huts of histor HSE CRIN OV) an rom & past that’s rooted in pain wn or ew) z m BRE eNO yo? oo) I'ma black ocean, leaping and wide, 98° N ser) ‘Welling and swelling [bear in the tide, es Leaving Behind nights of terror and fear ee re ‘ Tiise veg ie] . wane > jy —> oY) C188 a daybreak that’s wondrously clear Lise. anne - the gifts that my ancestors gave, Im the dream and the hope of the slave I rise Trise \Y*pintiony I rise. Maya Angelou, “Stil Rise" from And Still Rise: A Book of Poems. Copyright © 1978 by Maya Angelou. Used by permission of Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LIC. All rights reserved Source: The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994) CONTACT US NEWSLETTERS Press PRIVACY POLICY POLICIES TERMS OF USE POETRY MOBILE APP 61 West Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60654 Hours: Monday-Friday Nam -4pm_ © 2019 Poetry Foundation ips ww goetryfoundaton ogipoemslt6:s6Isi-is0