Amazing Peace (2 page)

We, Angels and Mortals, Believers and Nonbelievers,

Look heavenward and speak the word aloud,

Peace. We look at our world and speak the word aloud.

Peace. We look at each other, then into ourselves,

And we say without shyness or apology or hesitation:

Peace, My Brother.

Peace, My Sister.

Peace, My Soul.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Poet, writer, performer, teacher, and director

M
AYA
A
NGELOU
was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and

then went to San Francisco. In addition to her bestselling

autobiographies, beginning with
I Know Why the Caged

Bird Sings
, she has also written five poetry collections,

including
I Shall Not Be Moved
and
Shaker, Why Don't You

Sing?
, as well as the celebrated poem “On the Pulse of

Morning,” which she read at the inauguration of

President William Jefferson Clinton, and ‘A Brave and

Startling Truth,” written at the request of the

United Nations and read at its fiftieth anniversary.

Copyright © 2005 by Maya Angelou

All rights reserved.

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