I carried this incredible poem around in my purse for months, while trying to contact Dr. Maya Angelou to get her permission to put it to music. One day she showed up -- serendipitously - at a tapi...
I carried this incredible poem around in my purse for months, while trying to contact Dr. Maya Angelou to get her permission to put it to music. One day she showed up -- serendipitously - at a taping of the Dini Petty show that I was also on. When I told her I wanted to set the poem to music, she said she had always wanted it to be a song, and gave me permission on the spot. Not only was I thrilled to be able to sing out her inspiring words of self- affirmation night after night, I learned a very valuable lesson about intention. I passionately believed the poem should be a song, and the universe heard me and responded. I encourage anyone who has a dream, no matter how out of reach it seems, to keep it in your purse - keep it close to your heart. Travellers who undertake a journey for the right reasons, are always helped by invisible hands.
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I carried this incredible poem around in my purse for months, while trying to contact Dr. Maya Angelou to get her permission to put it to music. One day she showed up -- serendipitously - at a taping of the Dini Petty show that I was also on...Reading this story made me burst out crying..really inspired me so much THANK YOU!!!
I saw Amy Sky & heard this song for the first time at a Jim Brickman concert in Verona, NY. I was teary-eyed at the end and was in awe of this woman! I wanted to give this song to the members of my women's group, MVBWN, so I sang it to them - and it was empowering... Awesome Amy! Veronika, dotcalm
I think Martin Luther King Jr would be proud and affirmed that one of the most iconic and femininely affecting poems of a black poetess is being performed by a long standing and borderline iconic Canadian country artist.
That said, good job. I didn't know this poem had been turned into a song before, or that you were still performing amy. good deal all around.
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namaste,
LaSha'
I wanted to give this song to the members of my women's group, MVBWN, so I sang it to them - and it was empowering...
Awesome Amy!
Veronika, dotcalm
That said, good job. I didn't know this poem had been turned into a song before, or that you were still performing amy. good deal all around.