I keep on dying again.
Veins collapse, opening like the
Small fists of sleeping
Children.
Memory of old tombs,
Rotting flesh and worms do
Not convince me against
The challenge. The years
And cold defeat live deep in
Lines along my face.
They dull my eyes, yet
I keep on dying,
Because I love to live.
The Lesson
Maya Angelou
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Poem topics: children, memory, deep, small, face, cold, challenge, love, I love you, live, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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IRENE BOLDEN: I am a long time fan of Maya Angelou, when I was younger it was listening to her lessons in creative writing, which encouraged me to be a 'strong black woman'. This is the first time I have read this poem, I like it, it invites me to study the words she uses to describe an act of love
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