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Login/Join to Participatethe henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Okay...so I was mentioning this poem to Flash Fire and told her I would send a copy to her, but then I thought that this is such an amazing poem that is should go on the bb for all the phenominal women here to read as well. So while I this is me giving it to Flash Fire, I truly feel every woman should read this. And if you read it out loud to others, with conviction, it is capable of giving people goosebumps...which is really incredible.
I hope you enjoy it.
PHENOMENAL WOMAN
by Maya Angelou
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies
I'm not cute or built to suit a model's fashion size
But when I start to tell them
They think I'm telling lies.
I say
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips
The stride of my steps
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That's me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please
And to a man
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees
Then they swarm around me
A hive of honey bees.
I say
It's the fire in my eyes
And the flash of my teeth
The swing of my waist
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That's me.
Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say
It's in the arch of my back
The sun of my smile
The ride of my breasts
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That's me.
Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say
It's in the click of my heels
The bend of my hair
The palm of my hand
The need for my care.
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That's me.
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
cool poem
*finds it ironic first post (i think) is from a male*
back
Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
And the second. Thanks Pele.
"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Well, since we all know a phenomenal woman, I am sure, it isn't so ironic!
I am glad that the men on here are enjoying it as well!
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
Sparkely arty Mormon rainbow fairy
933 posts
Location: infront of you, United Kingdom
Beautiful poem Pele. May i be the first female to congratuale you on a beautiful thread.
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the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Thanks Boo_Bunny!
Just trying to spread some good lovin'!
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Thanks babe. I have heard it before, but it's wonderful to have it typed out to share.
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Retro Fyre Wizzard
538 posts
Location: Pietermaritzburg (KZN), South Africa
great poem...
any more?
look here
Regards 
Shu
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You know those people your parentals warned you about?... I'M ONE OF THEM! 
Yes, i do bite!!
Pooh-Bah
2,084 posts
Location: melbourne, victoria, australia
that's beautiful, i know i've heard it somewhere before, i just don't know where, in a movie or something? maya angelou is somethin special
1,803 posts
Location: Wonderland igloo, Vic, Australia
i really like it...:D
.:Pink Exocutioner:.
I am Jack's Raging Bile Duct...
Loving you from the deepest part of my loins.
A Fire Inside
191 posts
Location: portsmouth and sometimes oxford, United Kingdom
aww that made me feel better
::: I LiKe pLeAsUrE sPiKeD wItH pAiN - MuSiC iS mY aErOpLaNe :::
Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
I know lots of women, and they're all phenomenal.
to you all. "I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Written by: Shu
great poem...
any more?
look here
Nice to see someone else "collects" quotables.
I started in 1992. If I found a poem, a song lyric, a statement, anything that moved me, touched me or really made me think, I wrote it down. I have a few books of these now. When I go back and look at some of them, I think "Wow, what did I see in that?" and others I understand now in a whole different way. It is neat.
Not all of them have been positive and uplifting in nature either, but I feel I have become wiser for them, and I *really* enjoy sharing them (ask Kombi Guy. I prolly made his eyes cross, lol)
Maya Angelou has many spaces in my little books. I've had the pleasure of seeing, well, feeling too, her speak a couple times now and it always washes over me. She is truly amazing.
to you too Mags!Cheers!
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
old hand
853 posts
Location: Behind you...
I've got a few books filled with poems and quotes too! I'm so glad I'm not the only one, I was beginning to think I was strange! One of my favorite poems was written by my friend, when we were 16 and a bit messed up. She writes beautiful, slightly morbid poems. It hasn't been published, but I'm sure she won't mind me sharing this one with you...
Cry On Me (My Friend)
Intensely turning
inside out,
failing, falling,
filled with doubt;
Why can't your thoughts be clear?
Wasted, wasting
fragile form,
need someone there
to keep you warm
Can't bear to let them in too near.
Reach beyond this
twisted haze,
frenzied hate,
left in a daze,
Open up the skies grey shield;
let it's warmth flow through you.
Feel it seep into your bones
that strength you're so damn scared of.
Turn it out,
let tears explode,
watering the stubborn soil within you.
Hold close, keep safe
those tiny seeds of self
starving for air.
Pain will crush you,
but you live.
Words will drown,
but the sea will smooth into calm,
and you will breathe,
and you will step
further
than this.
Let us, let me
brush your tears
away.
By Yaz
Idolized by Aurinoko
Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind....
Bob Dylan
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