Caged Bird by Maya Angelou - Poem for the Second Sunday after Pentecost, Year C

The Englewood Review of Books curates a weekly series of classic and contemporary poems that resonate with the themes of the lectionary readings. Here is one of the poems for this coming Sunday (More poems for the Second Sunday after Pentecost, Year C can be found here)

Caged Bird

Maya Angelou

to accompany the lectionary reading: Galatians 3:23-29

SNIPPET:

A free bird leaps

on the back of the wind

and floats downstream

till the current ends

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Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was an American poet, author, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim. (via Wikipedia). 

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