National Poetry Month April 2019

Tribute To: Dr. Maya Angelou, 

Happy Birthday, Dr. Maya Angelou!

Last year the world celebrated Maya Angelou with a historic Google Doodle on her 90th Birthday. This year we celebrate 91 years with breaking news. “Phenomenal Woman: An Evening With Maya Angelou” is currently being developed with hopes for Broadway.

The Angelou Johnson Family,

Developing a love of truth, standing for civil rights, enjoying life itself and recording the experience, our matriarch became an inspiration. Maya Angelou’s words, spoken, on the printed page or reflected here, continue to promote self-examination, equality, and friendship. Believing that “we are more alike than unlike”, Maya Angelou would be the first to say that as a child of God it was her duty to recognize that everyone else was also a child of God, “Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory.”

Join us as we celebrate a life well lived! Take time to read, listen, view and be inspired. Trail your wisps of glory and once you’ve clicked every page, make sure you return as we continue to expand the experience. Together, let’s celebrate life and joy!

The Angelou Johnson Family.

National Poetry Month was inaugurated by the
Academy of American Poets (/academy-American poets/
home) in 1996. Over the years, it has become
the largest literary celebration in the world with
schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and
poets celebrating poetry’s vital place in our
culture.