Authors: Maya Angelou
Amazing Peace (2 page)
We, Angels and Mortals, Believers and Nonbelievers,
Look heavenward and speak the word aloud,
Peace. We look at our world and speak the word aloud.
Peace. We look at each other, then into ourselves,
And we say without shyness or apology or hesitation:
Peace, My Brother.
Peace, My Sister.
Peace, My Soul.
Poet, writer, performer, teacher, and director
M
AYA
A
NGELOU
was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and
then went to San Francisco. In addition to her bestselling
autobiographies, beginning with
I Know Why the Caged
Bird Sings
, she has also written five poetry collections,
including
I Shall Not Be Moved
and
Shaker, Why Don't You
Sing?
, as well as the celebrated poem “On the Pulse of
Morning,” which she read at the inauguration of
President William Jefferson Clinton, and ‘A Brave and
Startling Truth,” written at the request of the
United Nations and read at its fiftieth anniversary.
Copyright © 2005 by Maya Angelou
All rights reserved.
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