Thanks for your thoughts Adam. Maya Angelou is one of my sheroes.... I have
seen her 6 times now and have always been transformed. I, too, didn't speak
for many years (block stutter) so I can affirm the power of reading aloud -
for me it was becoming an actor that "cured" my stutter.
One of the last times I was in Ms Angelou's presence I got bold enough to
ask her a question backstage. I asked her - "why does the caged bird sing" -
and her response lives in my heart. She looked directly at me - smirked and
said --" Because he can, dear heart, because he can." I have never forgotten
that advice.
Allan
Dr. Allan O'Grady Cuseo (Brother Donogh Allan, MGC)
Bishop Kearney High School Library
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Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 8:18 AM
Subject: [LM_NET] SHARE->On hearing Maya Angelou speak
> I had the great good fortune to hear Maya Angelou, in person, last night
> and I just had to share my thoughts with you.
>
> Breathtaking, spellbound, we listened to her recite poetry for over an
> hour. Mostly the poetry of other primarily African American poets--James
> Weldon Johnson, Anne Spencer, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and more and some of
> her own.
>
> She made us laugh. She made us think. She urged us by sing talking "be
> someone's rainbow in the clouds."
>
> She must have said at least twenty times for the audience to go to the
> library and find the librarian "be he she or he, Mr. or Mrs., or Miss or
> Ms....or "Yo" to direct us to the poetry section. And after their jawed
> dropped to have them help us find the poetry of African Americans. And
> to read, for poetry is the essence of the human spirit, and though our
> bodies may grow old, or spirits never age...
>
> Be still my heart!
>
> What a joyous evening. I had to share it with someone, so I thought I
> would share it with you...for there is always a rainbow in the clouds!
>
> Have a precious day and share the rainbow!
>
> Adam
>
> I didn't know until tonight that Ms. Angelou was raped as a child and
> for several years thereafter was mute. Her grandmother took her in when
> others thought she would be forever dumb and urged her to read poetry.
> And that several years later a teacher told Maya that she could never
> really understand the poetry unless she spoke it. And she did!
>
> What a national treasure! I could have listened to her for hours!
>
> Adam Janowski
> Library Media Specialist
> Naples High School
> 1100 Golden Eagle Circle
> Naples, FL 34102
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> Fax: 239-377-2370
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