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The Caged Bird is Finally Free
Posted: August 1, 2014
Remembering Maya Angelou…
The caged bird's sung
her final song.
At last, she's been set free.
That warm deep voice
that called to us
is now a memory.
She rhymed us
into civil rights.
Like Michelangelo,
her art brought
moral truth to life.
We'll miss Miss Angelou.
Peace to her memory!
(I got to hear Maya Angelou speak at a leadership conference at the United Center in Chicago 15 years ago. She began her speech singing a song acapella. Very effective!)
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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