POETIC INSPIRATION

There’s one sad truth in life I’ve found While journeying east and west. The only folks we really wound Are those we love the best.

We flatter those we scarcely know,We please the fleeting guest,

And deal full many a thoughtless blow

To those who love us best.

By— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size

But when I start to tell them,

They think I’m telling lies.

I say,

It’s in the reach of my arms

The span of my hips,

The stride of my step,

The curl of my lips.

I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me.

By— Maya Angelou