I chanced upon this video of a poetry reading by author Maya Angelou at the 1993 presidential inauguration of Bill Clinton. Her reading of ‘On The Pulse Of Morning’ is profound, beautiful and inspirational all at the same time. Watch her reading and let yourself by moved by the sound of her voice and the depth of her words.
My favorite parts of the poem:
Lift up your faces, you have a piercing need
For this bright morning dawning for you.
History, despite its wrenching pain,
Cannot be unlived, and if faced with courage,
Need not be lived again.
Lift up your eyes upon
The day breaking for you.
Give birth again
To the dream.
Women, children, men,
Take it into the palms of your hands.
Mold it into the shape of your most
Private need. Sculpt it into
The image of your most public self.
Lift up your hearts.
Each new hour holds new chances
For new beginnings.
Do not be wedded forever
To fear, yoked eternally
To brutishness.
The horizon leans forward,
Offering you space to place new steps of change.
Read the full version of ‘On The Pulse Of Morning‘.
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