Cotton rows crisscross the world And dead-tired nights of y… - Maya Angelou

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Cotton rows crisscross the world
And dead-tired nights of yearning
Thunderbolts on leather strops
And all my body burning
Sugar cane reach up to God
And every baby crying
Shame a blanket of my night
And all my days are dying

Maya Angelou

And Still I Rise · August 7, 2001 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Maya Angelou (4 April, 1928 – 28 May, 2014), born Marguerite Annie Johnson, was an American poet, author, memoirist, actress, director, producer, writer, singer, dancer, and civil rights activist.

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Birth Name: Marguerite Annie Johnson

Alternative Names: Marguerite Johnson • Marguerite Ann Johnson • Marguerite Anne Johnson

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Sugar cane reach up to God
And every baby crying
Shame the blanket of my night
And all my days are dying

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Additional quotes by Maya Angelou

We may act sophisticated and worldly but I believe we feel safest when we go inside ourselves and find home, a place where we belong and maybe the only place we really do.

You dwell in whitened castles
with deep and poisoned moats
and cannot hear the curses
which fill your children's throats.

I learned to love my son without wanting to possess him and I learned how to teach him to teach himself.

Cotton rows crisscross the world And dead-tired nights of yearning Thunderbolts on leather strops And all my body burning Sugar cane reach up to God … - Maya Angelou

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