awaking in new york
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Awaking in New York
Arts&Design
"Awaking in New York" from Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? ©1983 by Maya Angelou. Used by permission of Random House LLC and Caged Bird Legacy, LLC,
Continuing the Life Work of Maya Angelou at MayaAngelou.com.
Artwork (detail) © 2011 William Low, Parkchester/NYC Transit.Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design. William Low, A Day in Parkchester, 2011
Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
Curtains forcing their willagainst the wind,children sleep,exchanging dreams with seraphim. The citydrags itself awake on subway straps; andI, an alarm, awake as a rumor of war,lie stretching into dawn, unasked and unheeded.
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