Maya Angelou Poems

About Maya Angelou Poems

Maya Angelou is an American poet who rose to critical acclaim with her work “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings”. She has published numerous autobiographies, essays and poems mainly focusing on race and identity. In her literary life spanning for over 50 years, she has received many awards and a litany of honorary degrees from across the world for an outstanding contribution to political ideas and standpoints through her works. She is the most famous among the modern day contemporary writers. Though her poems did attract negative reviews, she has been well received and appreciated by social activists and readers across the globe.


Born Marguerite Annie Johnson, Maya Angelou was an African American writer who is most famous for her poems and seven autobiographies. She was a prolific poet who explored numerous themes in her poems including that of women, love, loss, music, struggle, discrimination and racism. Maya Angelou has been referred to as “people’s poet” and “the black woman’s poet laureate”. Her poems continue to be extremely popular and have been called the anthems of African Americans. Know about the poetry of Maya Angelou through her 10 most famous poems including Phenomenal Woman, Alone and Still I Rise.

The Complete Poetry by Maya Angelou
❤️ A Conceit
❤️ Alone
❤️ Human Family
❤️ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
❤️ Insomniac
❤️ Men
❤️ Million Man March Poem
❤️ Momma Welfare Roll
❤️ On The Pulse Of Morning
❤️ Passing Time
❤️ Phenomenal Woman
❤️ Refusal
❤️ Remembrance
❤️ Savior
❤️ Still, I Rise
❤️ The Lesson
❤️ The Rock Cries Out to Us Today
❤️ Touched by an Angel
❤️ Weekend Glory
❤️ When You Come
❤️ Woman Work ...More