Poetry Quote by Maya Angelou — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I find it very difficult to let a friend or beloved go into that country of no return. I answer the heroic question, "Death, where is thy sting?" with "It is here in my heart, and my mind, and my memories.”

“Soft you day, be velvet soft,”

“There were people who went to sleep last night,”

“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”

“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.”

““My life has been one great big joke,”

“What can be explained is not poetry.”

“And when the dawn comes creeping in,”

“If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.”

“From quiet homes and first beginning,”

“How long your closet held a whiff of you,”

“Forbidden things— my God, I’m drawn to them like a moth to a flame.”