I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

[cantmakeasound]

nice tune

[shishilala]

I know why the caged bird sings.

Ah, me, when its wings are bruised and its bosom sore.

It beats its bars and would be free.

It's not a carol of joy or glee,

but a prayer that it sends from its heart's deep core,

a plea that upward to heaven it flings.

I know why the caged bird sings. 

Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)

[shishilala]

A free bird leaps on the back of the wind

and floats downstream till the current ends

and dips his wing in the orange suns rays and dares to claim the sky.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill

of things unknown but longed for still

and his tune is heard on the distant hill

for the caged bird sings of freedom.

Maya Angelou

[notlee]

maya didn't write the poem.

it's the title of her autobiography.

[hayley666]

She's right. I lovee the book, but its such a tragic story...

[cheeeesepleese]

it's the title of her autobiography AND the poem she wrote...

[KickFlipinAJ]

i probly failed but got it done

[KickFlipinAJ]

thanks for hellping me w/ my ecr this book is gayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[HoomanR]

Haha did this really help you with the book?