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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 ...
- Maya Angelou
- United States
- 1971
- English
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.
This memorable poem was published in the poet’s collection “Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water Fore I Die.” In ‘The Mothering Blackness,’ she deals with the relationship between a mother and daughter. The poem’s unique structure illustrates that there are two people, and both their perspective is shared.
- Female
- March 18, 1991
- Poetry Analyst
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...
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.”
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.
