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Angelou reciting "On the Pulse of Morning" at the first inauguration of Bill Clinton in 1993 "On the Pulse of Morning" is a poem by writer and poet Maya Angelou that she read at the first inauguration of President Bill Clinton on January 20, 1993. With her public recitation, Angelou became the second poet in history to read a poem at a ...
Critic Richard Long called two of the previously published poems, "On the Pulse of Morning" and "A Brave and Startling Truth", Angelou's "public" poems. [1] She read "On the Pulse of Morning", her most famous poem, at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton in 1993. [ 2 ]
The volume was published a year after Random House published The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou, Angelou's first collection of poetry, and two years after she read her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993.
Maya Angelou, featured on the reverse of this first coin in the series, used words to inspire and uplift." ... “On the Pulse of Morning,” at President Bill Clinton’s inauguration. ...
January 20 — Maya Angelou reads "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton. March 31–April 3 — Writing from the New Coast: First Festival of Poetry held at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Many influential younger poets attend the conference.
Angelou reciting "On the Pulse of Morning" at Bill Clinton's presidential inauguration in 1993 Angelou with Tom Feelings, who illustrated Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987). Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-47142-6 [16] Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well (1975). New York: Random House.
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