Still I Rise Print by Maya Angelou Framed poem, Maya Angelou Poem, Framed Calligraphy & Typography Still I rise

Still I Rise

BY MAYA ANGELOU

You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?

Why are you beset with gloom?

’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells

Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,

With the certainty of tides,

Just like hopes springing high,

Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?

Bowed head and lowered eyes?

Shoulders falling down like teardrops,

Weakened by my soulful cries?

Does my haughtiness offend you?

Don't you take it awful hard

’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines

Diggin’ in my own backyard.

You may shoot me with your words,

You may cut me with your eyes,

You may kill me with your hatefulness,

But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?

Does it come as a surprise

That I dance like I've got diamonds

At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s shame

I rise

Up from a past that’s rooted in pain

I rise

I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,

Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear

I rise

Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear

I rise

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,

I am the dream and the hope of the slave.

I rise

I rise

I rise.

______________________________________Professionally printed with Epson UltraChrome K3 Ink to acid free archival quality watercolour paper 220GSM oysterAvailable in 6 sizes:A4 (210 × 297mm)
A3 (420 x 297mm)
8x10 inches
11x14 inches
12x16 inches
13x19 inchesFrame poster hanger is made of solid oak wood and leather laceMade in our London Studio, EnglandThe only framing option we have is the oak hanger. The other images are for demonstration purposes only, as some customers like to purchase their prints from us and source their own frames locally.______________________________________⭐ UK delivery aim: 1 working day⭐ Europe delivery aim: 2-4 working days⭐ U.S & Worldwide delivery aim: 3-5 working days