RIP, Maya Angelou

She spoke at my grad school graduation.  It was a small group, under a 100.  But everyone of us felt she spoke directly to us the whole time.  The only other time I've felt that way was when I heard Bill Clinton speak.  (What is it about people from Arkansas?)  I remember her saying she thought William Shakespeare was a black girl from Arkansas, the way he spoke to her.  I remember her saying how she didn't speak until she was six.

And what a voice she developed.

Here are a few of her more memorable poems