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Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971) is the first collection of poems by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou. Many of the poems in Diiie were originally song lyrics, written during Angelou's career as a night club performer, and recorded on two albums before the publication of Angelou's first ...
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1971 volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie. Angelou was a member of the Harlem Writers Guild in the late 1950s, was active in the Civil Rights movement, and served as Northern Coordinator of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Since 1991, she has
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23 de ago. de 2010 · Full catalog record. MARCXML. Just give me a cool drink of water 'fore I diiie -- Oh pray my wings are gonna fit me well -- And still I rise.
Yet Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘fore I Diiie, which was published in 1971, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1972. According to Carol Neubauer in Southern Women Writers, “the first twenty poems describe the whole gamut of love, from the first moment of passionate discovery to the first suspicion of painful loss.”
Harlem Hopscotch. Maya Angelou. on Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’Fore I Diiie. Producer. RoccStar. One thing that I liked about this poem was was the last two lines to...
No No No No Lyrics. the two-legg'd beasts. that walk like men. play stink finger in their crusty asses. while crackling babies. in napalm coats. stretch mouths to recieve. burning tears. on...
She explores the meaning of freedom and alludes to the dangers of pushing too far. ‘Harlem Hopscotch’ was first published in The Poetry of Maya Angelou, a spoken word collection. It was later published in her first print collection, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘fore I Diiie, in 1971.
