You May Write Me Down in History....4 Hillary

[LulaMay]

A great poem about a great woman by a great woman......


Still I Rise

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.


© Maya Angelou, 1978.



That's all she wrote folks!!!!

Catch you on the flip side....

[anonymous171]

1. OK, now I get it. You're getting these instructions from that site.

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[Johnny__Motown]

2. Well you got the history writing her down and the Lies part right, just in the wrong order

[Stephanie]

3. I'm glad you you acknowledge that it's over.

You may claim your place in history, as an activist on an historic but flawed campaign. May we work together on the next one! :toast:

[DJ13]

4. 4th time this has been posted in the last 30 minutes

Besides, I thought you couldnt post an entire piece due to copyright rules here.

[scheming daemons]

5. That's five now.... sure... no coordinated spam from Hillary supporters.....

....

[NightWatcher]

6. are in the Cult of Hillary all supposed to post this tonight?

before they put on their Nikes and drink the koolaid?

[Joe the Revelator]

7. Well this went from funny to pathetic real quick

Don't we have a rule about swan songs?

[robbedvoter]

8. Great!

[anonymous171]

9. This wasn't written for Hillary.

"State Package for Hillary Clinton" was written for Hillary. This was written about the oppression AAs felt during the 70s.

[LTR]

13. Maybe she's telling people she's black

Just like she told New Yorkers she was a Jewish Yankees fan when running for the Senate in 2000.

[zulchzulu]

10. The poem fits Barack Obama perfectly referring to Hillary's "bitter, twisted lies"

[ProSense]

11. A tribute to the presumptive nominee. Barack Obama

Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free.

(America never was America to me.)

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed-- Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.

(It never was America to me.)

O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe.

(There's never been equality for me, Nor freedom in this "homeland of the free.")

Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark? And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?

I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart, I am the Negro bearing slavery's scars. I am the red man driven from the land, I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek-- And finding only the same old stupid plan Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.

I am the young man, full of strength and hope, Tangled in that ancient endless chain Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land! Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need! Of work the men! Of take the pay! Of owning everything for one's own greed!

I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil. I am the worker sold to the machine. I am the Negro, servant to you all. I am the people, humble, hungry, mean-- Hungry yet today despite the dream. Beaten yet today--O, Pioneers! I am the man who never got ahead, The poorest worker bartered through the years.

Yet I'm the one who dreamt our basic dream In the Old World while still a serf of kings, Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true, That even yet its mighty daring sings In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned That's made America the land it has become. O, I'm the man who sailed those early seas In search of what I meant to be my home-- For I'm the one who left dark Ireland's shore, And Poland's plain, and England's grassy lea, And torn from Black Africa's strand I came To build a "homeland of the free."

The free?

Who said the free? Not me? Surely not me? The millions on relief today? The millions shot down when we strike? The millions who have nothing for our pay? For all the dreams we've dreamed And all the songs we've sung And all the hopes we've held And all the flags we've hung, The millions who have nothing for our pay-- Except the dream that's almost dead today.

O, let America be America again-- The land that never has been yet-- And yet must be--the land where every man is free. The land that's mine--the poor man's, Indian's, Negro's, ME-- Who made America, Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain, Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain, Must bring back our mighty dream again.

Sure, call me any ugly name you choose-- The steel of freedom does not stain. From those who live like leeches on the people's lives, We must take back our land again, America!

O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath-- America will be!

Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death, The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies, We, the people, must redeem The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers. The mountains and the endless plain-- All, all the stretch of these great green states-- And make America again!

Yes. We. Can.

[JohnnyLib2]

12. LulaMay-- backs down from no one.

Thanks!

[NanceGreggs]

14. Hmmm ...

... five identical posts from different Hillary supporters.

Sure smacks of cultist behaviour.

Just an observation ...

[Starbucks Anarchist]

16. Hey, they're still more coordinated than her campaign.

:D

[NanceGreggs]

23. Well, yeah, there is that ...

For their sake, I hope they're not thinking about hiring Mark Penn as a "boycott consultant".

[DearAbby]

15. Buh bye....take care, see ya later

:hi: dont forget to write...er, well. Do be careful, and we'll see ya later

[Bonobo]

17. Now it is officially spamming from another site. I suggest the Admins be told of the attack.

[Straight Shooter]

18. Maya Angelou endorses Hillary, and Oprah endorses Barack.

Both Maya and Oprah have great qualities, but I prefer Maya's energy in the Universe and am thrilled that she supports Hillary.

A stirring poem from the heart and soul of Maya, words that every woman can relate to. Thanks, LulaMay. :thumbsup:

[mrreowwr_kittty]

30. Toni Morrison, who deemed Bill Clinton the "first Black President" supports Barack.

What do you make of that?

[thevoiceofreason]

19. See you in a week, Lulu

[Breeze54]

20. Did she think the same about me and mine?!?

"Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries."

. . . . .

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
I rise
I rise
I rise
I RISE!

:(

HRC didn't give a shit about my sons' life by her IWR vote. :grr:

I have no sympathy for her now.

[thevoiceofreason]

21. Since Lulu will be gone for a week, I think we ought to keep her post kicked for a week.

In fond rememberance.

[thevoiceofreason]

22. K&R

What a moron - I thought Lulu knew better.

[Beacool]

24. Great poem, great lady.

Great candidate.

[thevoiceofreason]

25. Kick

Hahahahahahahahahaha

[Crunchy Frog]

26. Ah yes. This must be part of the little "conspiracy" that's going down.

Enjoy your sabbatical. I know I will. :hi:

[Alexander]

28. Ah, a coordinated spam attack!

Sounds like you need a ride in one of these:

[Swamp Rat]

29. Beautiful poem

Inspirational not only for African Americans, but also for anyone who has been or felt oppressed.

[thevoiceofreason]

31. Kick for morning laughs