Mother: A Cradle to Hold Me

Mother: A Cradle to Hold Me

Maya Angelou
With her signature eloquence and heartfelt appreciation, renowned poet and national treasure Maya Angelou celebrates the first woman we ever knew: Mother. “You were always the heart of happiness to me,” she acknowledges in this loving tribute, “Bringing nougats of glee / Sweets of open laughter.”

BOOKS BY Maya Angelou

Poems
The Complete Poetry
Life Doesn't Frighten Me at All
Phenomenal Woman
His Day is Done
Poetry for Young People
Izak of Lapland
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table
Graduation
His Day Is Done: A Nelson Mandela Tribute Maya Angelou
Poems by Maya Angelou
Mrs. Flowers
Gather Together in My Name
Now Sheba Sings the Song
Mother
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
And Still I Rise
Renee Marie of France
And Still I Rise
Amistad: Give Us Free : a Celebration of the Film by Steven Spielberg
Making Magic in the World
Mom & Me & Mom
The Heart of a Woman
Gather Together in My Name
Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?
Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women
Life doesn't frighten me
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
Voyage of the Amistad
On the Pulse of Morning

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