PoemThe Traveller
Author / PoetMaya Angelou
TagsHome, Night, Store

Byways and bygone
And lone nights long
Sun rays and sea waves
And star and stone

Manless and friendless
No cave my home
This is my torture
My long nights, lone

Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
4 Apr 1928 - 28 May 2014
Region: North America
Period: Contemporary
Movement: Black Arts Movement
Awards: Grammy Awards, National Medal of Arts, Presidential Medal of Freedom

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The Black Family PledgeAncestor, Children, Cry
When I Think About MyselfFolk, Joke, Lying
When Great Trees FallBloom, Die, Fall
They Went HomeHip, Home, Lip
We Had HimMoon, Style, Summer
These Yet To Be United StatesAnger, Curse, Fear
Son to MotherIgnorance, Land, Soul
TelevisedBlack, Flesh, Starvation

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