In this world, there are many issues, as we like to call them. Many people use different forms of poetry to give their opinion on these so-called issues. In addition, many famous writers, such as Maya Angelou, have written many poems because of the social issues present in the time period that the artist lived in. Some social issues now and in the past have included beauty, racism, bullying, war, or even need of acceptance. In my opinion, poetry impacts the world because it raises awareness of social issues in this world.
Poetry is also used as a medium to help authors and other people express their feelings at times when their was no one to listen and talk to them. Also, poetry was used at times when people just wanted to express their opinions …show more content…
She was born Marguerite Annie Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri. Her parents had divorced when she was only three years old. Maya was sent with her brother to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. Her brother couldn’t pronounce a name because of stutters, so he began to call her Maya and the name stuck. At age seven, while visiting her mother in Chicago, she was sexually molested by her mother’s boyfriend. Since she was too afraid to tell anyone of the adults in her life, she told her brother. Later, when she had heard that her uncle had killed the man, she felt that her words had killed the man, so she didn’t speak for five …show more content…
In Cairo, Egypt, Maya worked as the editor of a newspaper called The Arab Observer. They later moved to Ghana where she served as an instructor and assistant administrator at the University of Ghana's School of Music and Drama. She also worked for two other newspapers called The African Review and wrote for The Ghanaian Times. She returned to America in 1964 and worked with Malcolm X, but after he was assassinated, she began working more closely with Martin Luther King Jr. After, he was assassinated, she began working on writing a novel called I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings about her life. In 2000, Dr. Angelou was honored with the Presidential Medal of the Arts; she received the Ford's Theatre Lincoln Medal in 2008. The same year, she narrated the award-winning documentary film The Black Candle and published a book of guidance for young women, Letter to My Daughter. In 2011, President Barack Obama awarded her the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of
Poetry is also used as a medium to help authors and other people express their feelings at times when their was no one to listen and talk to them. Also, poetry was used at times when people just wanted to express their opinions …show more content…
She was born Marguerite Annie Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri. Her parents had divorced when she was only three years old. Maya was sent with her brother to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. Her brother couldn’t pronounce a name because of stutters, so he began to call her Maya and the name stuck. At age seven, while visiting her mother in Chicago, she was sexually molested by her mother’s boyfriend. Since she was too afraid to tell anyone of the adults in her life, she told her brother. Later, when she had heard that her uncle had killed the man, she felt that her words had killed the man, so she didn’t speak for five …show more content…
In Cairo, Egypt, Maya worked as the editor of a newspaper called The Arab Observer. They later moved to Ghana where she served as an instructor and assistant administrator at the University of Ghana's School of Music and Drama. She also worked for two other newspapers called The African Review and wrote for The Ghanaian Times. She returned to America in 1964 and worked with Malcolm X, but after he was assassinated, she began working more closely with Martin Luther King Jr. After, he was assassinated, she began working on writing a novel called I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings about her life. In 2000, Dr. Angelou was honored with the Presidential Medal of the Arts; she received the Ford's Theatre Lincoln Medal in 2008. The same year, she narrated the award-winning documentary film The Black Candle and published a book of guidance for young women, Letter to My Daughter. In 2011, President Barack Obama awarded her the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of