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"On the Pulse of Morning" is a poem by writer and poet Maya Angelou that she read at the first inauguration of President Bill Clinton on January 20, 1993. With her public recitation, Angelou became the second poet in history to read a poem at a presidential inauguration, and the first African American and woman.
- Maya Angelou
- 1993
By Maya Angelou. A Rock, A River, A Tree. Hosts to species long since departed, Marked the mastodon, The dinosaur, who left dried tokens. Of their sojourn here. On our planet floor, Any broad alarm of their hastening doom. Is lost in the gloom of dust and ages. But today, the Rock cries out to us, clearly, forcefully, Come, you may stand upon my.
American poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou wrote and performed "On the Pulse of Morning" for the presidential inauguration of Bill Clinton in January of 1993. The poem echoes key points in Clinton's inaugural speech, especially that of America's need to own up to its violent history of genocide, slavery, colonialism, and environmental ...
1 de jun. de 2023 · On the Pulse of Morning. Maya Angelou. 1928 –. 2014. A Rock, A River, A Tree. Hosts to species long since departed, Marked the mastodon, The dinosaur, who left dried tokens. Of their sojourn here.
" On the Pulse of Morning " es un poema de la escritora y poeta Maya Angelou que leyó en la primera toma de posesión del presidente Bill Clinton el 20 de enero de 1993. Con su recitación pública, Angelou se convirtió en la segunda poeta de la historia en leer un poema en una toma de posesión presidencial y la primera afroamericana y mujer.
28 de may. de 2014 · Before the 1993 inauguration Angelou said, "Since the election, I have found it easier to wake up in the morning." President Clinton issued a statement after the news of her death Wednesday.
Angelou reciting her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993. Early in her writing career she began alternating the publication of an autobiography and a volume of poetry. By the time I Shall Not Be Moved was published in 1990, she had published five autobiographies, eventually going on to ...
