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| 1928 - 2014 |
She is one of my favorite persons. When I taught in the gifted
program as well as 6th grade, my students were introduced to Maya
Angelou by reading her poetry in choral format. On the Pulse of
Morning was especially captivating to my 6th grade students in 1993 when
President Bill Clinton asked her to be the inaugural poet at his
inauguration. A rock, a river, a tree... they understood the words
when we pulled the poem apart.
This poem, On the Pulse of Morning is read in that low, strong Maya Angelou voice imprinted in my brain. Here is On the Pulse of Morning, courtesy of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library.
We heard Maya Angelou speak at Illinois Wesleyan University in 1996.
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