tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post3864840710070444414..comments2024-03-27T15:41:01.956-04:00Comments on rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague: Maya Angelou (1928 - 2014)rhymeswithplaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-2306805875107866722014-05-30T13:02:29.227-04:002014-05-30T13:02:29.227-04:00This was a nice tribute; thank you. I read the ot...This was a nice tribute; thank you. I read the other day that she had written seven autobiographies in her life. I can think of few other lives that could merit that. Did you read this quote, "To know her life story is to simultaneously wonder what on earth you have been doing with your own life, and feel glad that you didn't have to go through half the things she has." ? Love it. LightExpectationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17429082992688255145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-25226253259889198412014-05-29T07:40:55.611-04:002014-05-29T07:40:55.611-04:00Tom, Michelle, Michael, and Adrian, I couldn't...<b>Tom, Michelle, Michael,</b> and <b>Adrian</b>, I couldn't agree more with your sentiments. If I may return to the tree metaphor, she was certainly one of our giant redwoods.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-23320436104765915882014-05-29T01:38:08.878-04:002014-05-29T01:38:08.878-04:00A beautiful tribute to a lady who not only coped b...A beautiful tribute to a lady who not only coped but seemed to gain from adversity.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-47817023366432335332014-05-28T19:56:37.124-04:002014-05-28T19:56:37.124-04:00I will miss that wonderful rhythmic, metered voice...I will miss that wonderful rhythmic, metered voice, and the words stitched together like fine silk.<br /><br />She was one of a kind. One of the Great Ones.We are better for her having been here.<br /><br />Thank you Rhymes, for a beautiful post.<br /><br />Reamus Reamushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507401745658729091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-13598710183424373892014-05-28T16:30:36.842-04:002014-05-28T16:30:36.842-04:00We are diminished with her departure and STILL ric...We are diminished with her departure and STILL richer for knowing her.<br />Not only a voice of calm and reason, but one of beauty.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-33900822535988946812014-05-28T14:41:11.307-04:002014-05-28T14:41:11.307-04:00Oh - I did not know she has died. She was an insp...Oh - I did not know she has died. She was an inspiration, and not only to African Americans. What a wonderful woman.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-51726605378801873322014-05-28T14:29:00.525-04:002014-05-28T14:29:00.525-04:00Elizabeth and Y.P., she will certainly be missed. ...<b>Elizabeth</b> and <b>Y.P.</b>, she will certainly be missed. A voice of calm and reason has been stilled.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-60916348156976699112014-05-28T14:10:31.639-04:002014-05-28T14:10:31.639-04:00A great American whose life contained such varied ...A great American whose life contained such varied chapters. And she came through it all, not scarred by bitterness but singing like a beautiful caged bird - full of life and hope. And now at last that bird has flown. Maya.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-31099942877833717282014-05-28T13:40:01.714-04:002014-05-28T13:40:01.714-04:00I echo your words, Bob.I echo your words, Bob.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05792185208462306952noreply@blogger.com