The Poetry Stash: 24February2025

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

Today’s poem, “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou is from the collection The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (Random House). The book is available for purchase here.

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “Did you want to see me broken?”
2.	Begin with “I laugh like I’ve got…”
3.	Draft a poem of refusal or resistance.
4.	Draft a poem that is structured as a conversation.

5. Photo by Efecan Efe via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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