Why wouldn't she not be respectful or dignified? I don't know why white people use those words or phrases when referencing us. As if we are incapable of such. It's not a compliment . You might as well use "for a black person at the end of the sentence ." So, give so thought as to why you use that term when addressing our brilliance. ✌🏾
Oh my! This woman was supremely talented, I can't seem to take my glare off her. She uses her words, voice and talents so elegantly and brilliantly that I aspire to buy every single work she's ever produced...Thank you very very much for posting.
For all of my STAR SEED, CRYSTAL AND INDIGO BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I will pick up where Mrs. Mya Angelo left off, honor her body of work, and carry her legacy forward with me. Check out my episode "Dads destination " from THE SPIRITUAL POEMS OF UMBUKU on Anchor: anchor.fm/UMBUKU/episodes/Dads-destination-e230pc This is a rare message from my supreme being father who lets me know all the time he still rocking with us!!
I will be forever stunned by the beauty that is and was Maya Angelou. She was a force of nature if not directly nature herself. In her words she was human. She was mankind that read and spoke life like a book. Her character touched on life from every angle and every corner of the world. She was a mother to all and forever will be. I listen to her when I need to be reminded of the meaning of purpose. Her words always comfort.
I laugh until my stomach ache............when I think about myself. I laugh until I start to crying......when I think about myself, but I wear the mask.........
She was and still is an American treasure!!! No wait! A Life treasure that will surely be missed! Fly High Marguarette. Johnson! Aka The Queen Maya Angelou!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I grew up in the south. You can only imagine the things I grew up hearing and as a child assumed was ok. As an adult who is not only a poet myself but very active in stopping any racism I see or hear. This woman makes my soul and eyes cry. She evokes feelings from me before I even know it's coming. When she cries I want to bawl. Not only does she open our eyes to true racism from her time period but she stands for women, minorities and anyone ever judged for something they hold sacred. She grew from a bitterness into a glorious inspiration of love and letting go while still holding true to yourself. 💜 she will forever be my favorite. What a blessing to America she was.
Such a force of nature. I don't anyone can resist to be enchanted by her person and her stage presence and energy. I'm so happy I discovered Maya, but sad I did not do it earlier.
Me too….it’s a shame that this wasn’t taught or assigned at my school….we read long fiction works of a community of talking British rabbits. Not hating just thinking what could have been more relevant to a young high school kid like me.
"the mask" was surely a surreal kick in the face, made me really understand what it was like to hide behind a laugh but really pain and tears were hiding on the inside, i laughed with her but then it wasnt funny as the laugh was there to hide the pain then it turned to tears..... such an amazing woman you are maya and always will be xx
I said love me honey, do you love me true? you love me as well as I love you? And then she answered "of course I do, but jump back honey, jump back!" lol.......... I live! Love you Dr Angelou! i pray you're resting in heaven!
I smile with you yet not my soul is fooled... I love you and forever always will. From Congo to your sold out ancestors please know that i bow to the transparency that you display. Woman you are something else!
Soul food. A much needed rest from all the hatred and evil that's constantly provoking us; trying to tempt us to become bitter. May we become the better that this world desperately needs. The world is the people around us.
It's 2020....and this Woman stills soothe my soul.... Such charm...such Grace...lots of humor....such grand Wisdom...Shes a jewel that'll never be forgotten....and still....I RISE💚💚
Thanks so much for posting this. I saw it when it was broadcast in 1987 and I've waited ever since then to see it again. I was also privileged to see her perform this show live in Scotland around the same period. I was inspired by Maya Angelou. As a white male from a northern European country like Scotland she cemented for me my own truth that we all bleed when cut, regardless of our colour.
+Ian Marshall I am attempting to learn the television station that aired this 1987 performance on "Live and Unplugged" in Scotland in order to license twenty-two seconds of it for inclusion in her new PBS "American Masters" biography titled "Maya Angelou: The People's Poet" that will air in 2016. Kindly advise. Pat Lofthouse
+Ian Marshall Thank you so much for your information about tv show "Mavis on 4" where you saw this clip. I never heard of this program before! Pat Lofthouse
I sobbed the day she passed. She has inspired me in more ways to say. I still refer to her poetry for aspects of my life. The world was blessed to have had her.
Reese Anderson at 13:00 min. 😳 I nearly choked ... any white person (as I ) needs to ABSOLUTELY watch from there until she herself is bent over in tears. My God this woman could move your soul with those words and the way she says them.
OMG...... The poem about laughter..... says it all. Caught in a 25 year marriage to a narc (which ended 20 years ago thankfully). Often still question why I stayed and that poem explained why 'when someone endures so that others can survive, that too is love, Lesley' (which is my name!). It was as if she was speaking to me personally. Thank you and God Bless you Maya Angelou, earth angel. x
I had just discovered this beautiful woman who has given me true meaning to life as a woman as a person a mom who realizes I do stands with my loved passed on ancestors who made me who I am and finally can say I love me amen Maya love you always☺
I knew somehow that this women was powerful, soulful, and essential in this world when I was only 12. I’m 20 now. 12 year old me selfishly wanted to study her and get to know this women before she passed, but somehow I knew that it wasn’t the time to get to know her. And now, I am here and I am just on my journey to meeting her. May she rest and peace.
Experientially Soothing to my spirit and soul!!!!GOAT!!!Gone but NEVER will be forgotten because I’m keeping the memories of this Phenomenal within my HEART ❤️ 🥰👼
I love her so much and I thank God for her gifts. I didn’t know she was so humorous. Thank you so much for sharing this video. She was a poised, WISE and profound woman. Amazing. I also could listen to her EVERYDAY!
I love Miss Maya and I feel she speaks for my heart......laugh when they werent tickled, Uncle Tomism...It is the same with GLBT people .....the humilation that those who came before us so we could be here....She made my eyes jump wide open to the obligation to tell the stories of my people.....God blessed the World with Miss Maya.
To be able to reach many with words. To understand life and share so that others may. God sure gives us gifts. She was a gift to this world. God's speed Maya...I hope to one day we meet, not today or tomorrow tho...lol
Both Maya’s speech and the comments are sending chills down my spine and goosebumps on my skin. Her words are so powerful. Who knew how powerful they could be, enough to give us wings to fly? You all are beautiful souls who were lucky to stumble across and appreciate Maya’s unequivocal talent❤️
Thank you for sharing this...Dr. Maya is one of my favorite poets , person was and continues to be such a treasure a gift to our world. I adore her ...so much some of which I can't quite explain in words .. And, in a dark period of my life my years she saved my life through a deep and depliating depression that was healed by reading her poetry daily. I miss this unforgettable woman for me she taught me so much about life and what is of true importance. RIP 🙏 Lovely Lady an Angel that visited us and gave and gave. Thank you Maya 🌹.🌿
I can’t tell you many times I have rewatched this. She is an excellent storyteller . When she spoke about what love is, I had to pause and rewind that because when you understand what she said as simply as she said it , it hits you so hard . Love is when you can be seen in the most vulnerable and dehumanized and still assure the survival of another human being; that is love! When I heard that, I heard love is sacrifice . When God gave his only son , he sacrificed him. When Jesus died on the cross in the most dehumanize and vulnerable way, yet he sacrificed himself for human beings. To continue in order to achieve anything you must first sacrifice something rather it’s time, yourself, or something or someone . Love starts with sacrifice.
Oprah's mentor and other mother. WEll spoken QUEEN . HER Lower vocal range speaks volumes . MAY awe all LIVE to restore each other. Awesome SHEROES keep the FAITH.
Who’s here in May 2022? This pacifies and regenerates my spirit and enables me to have more courage so I can try to become virtuous. I probably watch this 5x a week. She is my supreme divine goddess✨🙏🏻🤍🕊 Thank you thank you thank you
Thank you so much for sharing. Had I known the extent of her talents when I younger, I would have had the privilege of attending one of her performances.
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I’m watching Maya in 2024….. I just love her. She is such an inspiration to all.❤
Why did I deprive myself for so long of my this grace?
❤❤❤❤
When she said black is beautiful 😍 i realized that I was telling myself
Stumbled upon this beautiful woman two years ago and until today her words are SOOOO MEANINGFUL ❤😢
9/26/24 ❤
Who's here in 2020???.... I would listen to her all day and night.
TrudiKay me too
me too! we need her!
Me too! She's unbelievable!
All 2020 I've been watching her videos and reading her poems she's been an inspiration of mines since middle School
2021
The poem about the lady on the bus??? TEARS! 😭😢
She is funny, she's respectful, dignified, great sense of humour, and very smart.
Why wouldn't she not be respectful or dignified? I don't know why white people use those words or phrases when referencing us. As if we are incapable of such. It's not a compliment . You might as well use "for a black person at the end of the sentence ." So, give so thought as to why you use that term when addressing our brilliance. ✌🏾
She is the teacher of teachers, prolific, brave, magnificent in every way.
Judy Moskowitz just like my grandparents in Jamaica and in North Carolina thanks to both of you.
poggersss
Hope y'all caught and realized that Ms Angelou was rapping in this. Such a pioneer. I miss her deeply.
I couldn't stop clapping. XD
Rap is the poetry of the streets
Yes !!!
I did !
She is everything a person could want to be.
What an inspiration! Courage, kindness, love, intelligence. This woman! So gorgeous in every way
Oh my! This woman was supremely talented, I can't seem to take my glare off her. She uses her words, voice and talents so elegantly and brilliantly that I aspire to buy every single work she's ever produced...Thank you very very much for posting.
say that again, Nwokoye. Queen of lyrical lines, is how I describe her.
For all of my STAR SEED, CRYSTAL AND
INDIGO BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I will pick up where Mrs. Mya Angelo left off, honor her body of work, and carry her legacy forward with me. Check out my episode "Dads destination " from THE SPIRITUAL POEMS OF UMBUKU on Anchor: anchor.fm/UMBUKU/episodes/Dads-destination-e230pc
This is a rare message from my supreme being father who lets me know all the time he still rocking with us!!
poggers
9
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This soul that unfolds through the words that this lady speaks, the gestures she makes, is...what a soul!
Ana Kiria stellar
Amen!
I will be forever stunned by the beauty that is and was Maya Angelou. She was a force of nature if not directly nature herself. In her words she was human. She was mankind that read and spoke life like a book. Her character touched on life from every angle and every corner of the world. She was a mother to all and forever will be. I listen to her when I need to be reminded of the meaning of purpose. Her words always comfort.
I laugh until my stomach ache............when I think about myself. I laugh until I start to crying......when I think about myself, but I wear the mask.........
Figlio SanChirico one of my favorite !
This broke me. First time hearing it. 2024
I can listen to her all day, my my she will live forever.
She was and still is an American treasure!!! No wait! A Life treasure that will surely be missed! Fly High Marguarette. Johnson! Aka The Queen Maya Angelou!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I grew up in the south. You can only imagine the things I grew up hearing and as a child assumed was ok. As an adult who is not only a poet myself but very active in stopping any racism I see or hear. This woman makes my soul and eyes cry. She evokes feelings from me before I even know it's coming. When she cries I want to bawl. Not only does she open our eyes to true racism from her time period but she stands for women, minorities and anyone ever judged for something they hold sacred. She grew from a bitterness into a glorious inspiration of love and letting go while still holding true to yourself. 💜 she will forever be my favorite. What a blessing to America she was.
The Lady Is Beautiful.
How Beautiful this was to see ?
This Lady in top form she truly
Was a gifted soul !
And Classy too I'm so glad I
Saw this her at her best sassy. !!
Lorrie Kelly the elegance lies in her intelligence
Such a force of nature. I don't anyone can resist to be enchanted by her person and her stage presence and energy. I'm so happy I discovered Maya, but sad I did not do it earlier.
She's a woman, phenomenally :)
"My life ain't heaven but it's sure ain't hell."
It’s swell 👁
She performed this without notes or a script. Spectacular!
If by+
I love that she changed some of the words. Made the poem more free flowing as a performed piece. 🥰
Great mind!
This is speaking life to my soul on my journey to self-discovery.
She was SO OOO WONDERFULLY REAL. She may be gone but will never be forgotten. She left her mark on this world.
Troy Scott she is a global treasure
Thank you 🙏🏽 TH-cam for making it possible!!!!
Here in 2022 too...I could listen all day to Dr Maya Angelou too.
I feel so cheated that I wasn’t exposed to her literature at school. She’s so poetic
English Comp 2.
Still not. What the heck is so disgustingly wrong about that? I answer everything is anything that it could be. I cry about it still and always will.
I am thankful that this beautiful soul graced the Earth, Ms. Maya Angelou.
Ikr
Me too….it’s a shame that this wasn’t taught or assigned at my school….we read long fiction works of a community of talking British rabbits. Not hating just thinking what could have been more relevant to a young high school kid like me.
"the mask" was surely a surreal kick in the face, made me really understand what it was like to hide behind a laugh but really pain and tears were hiding on the inside, i laughed with her but then it wasnt funny as the laugh was there to hide the pain then it turned to tears..... such an amazing woman you are maya and always will be xx
i love her smile
I know right and her laughter too
SHE is THE “rainbow 🌈 in OUR cloud”. Timeless, and LEGENDAry.
"Nothing will work unless you do"- the magnificent Maya Angelou
I said love me honey, do you love me true? you love me as well as I love you? And then she answered "of course I do, but jump back honey, jump back!" lol.......... I live! Love you Dr Angelou! i pray you're resting in heaven!
My Shero.........I wish she was my mother. Love her to tears.
Brenda Serwa she gannyma to all of us. RIP, minister Maya.
I smile with you yet not my soul is fooled... I love you and forever always will. From Congo to your sold out ancestors please know that i bow to the transparency that you display. Woman you are something else!
She makes my soul melt when she says “Now that’s poetry” 😭
Power of words. Amazing. Told the pain of centuries.
Wow! She was one of the greatest gifts God ever gave to this planet!
Soul food. A much needed rest from all the hatred and evil that's constantly provoking us; trying to tempt us to become bitter. May we become the better that this world desperately needs. The world is the people around us.
2021 I can’t stop watching this incredible woman
Still here in 2024 Rest Easy Mrs.Angelou
It's 2020....and this Woman stills soothe my soul.... Such charm...such Grace...lots of humor....such grand Wisdom...Shes a jewel that'll never be forgotten....and still....I RISE💚💚
Thanks so much for posting this. I saw it when it was broadcast in 1987 and I've waited ever since then to see it again. I was also privileged to see her perform this show live in Scotland around the same period. I was inspired by Maya Angelou. As a white male from a northern European country like Scotland she cemented for me my own truth that we all bleed when cut, regardless of our colour.
+Ian Marshall
I am attempting to learn the television station that aired this 1987 performance on "Live and Unplugged" in Scotland in order to license twenty-two seconds of it for inclusion in her new PBS "American Masters" biography titled "Maya Angelou: The People's Poet" that will air in 2016. Kindly advise. Pat Lofthouse
+Patricia Lofthouse It was broadcast by Channel 4 for a programme called "Mavis On 4"
www.channel4.com/
Good Luck!
+Ian Marshall Thank you so much for your information about tv show "Mavis on 4" where you saw this clip. I never heard of this program before! Pat Lofthouse
That sense of humor is beautiful and one that reflects God's love, and one I wish to harness and keep.
I sobbed the day she passed. She has inspired me in more ways to say. I still refer to her poetry for aspects of my life. The world was blessed to have had her.
Thank goodness for TH-cam I would have never known of her or seen of her and I know I can hear her over her a great woman truly a great woman
Truly talented. I love watching her verbal and nonverbal skills. I 💘Dr.Maya Angelou!!
Priceless! Thank you Miss Maya. Much love to you.
I look at her and wish she was my grandmother
Me too! But thank god for mediums and media outlets such as this. Watch on.
Reese Anderson at 13:00 min. 😳 I nearly choked ... any white person (as I ) needs to ABSOLUTELY watch from there until she herself is bent over in tears. My God this woman could move your soul with those words and the way she says them.
Whitney Overstreet absolutely.
Same here
I look at her n wish my Granny was still alive.
OMG...... The poem about laughter..... says it all. Caught in a 25 year marriage to a narc (which ended 20 years ago thankfully). Often still question why I stayed and that poem explained why 'when someone endures so that others can survive, that too is love, Lesley' (which is my name!). It was as if she was speaking to me personally. Thank you and God Bless you Maya Angelou, earth angel. x
I had just discovered this beautiful woman who has given me true meaning to life as a woman as a person a mom who realizes I do stands with my loved passed on ancestors who made me who I am and finally can say I love me amen Maya love you always☺
Thats great!!!
She is exceptionally brilliant. Couldn't help it but to love her. What a woman!
I knew somehow that this women was powerful, soulful, and essential in this world when I was only 12. I’m 20 now. 12 year old me selfishly wanted to study her and get to know this women before she passed, but somehow I knew that it wasn’t the time to get to know her. And now, I am here and I am just on my journey to meeting her. May she rest and peace.
Such a beautiful woman inside and out. Magnificent genius. Wish I had the chance to have met her. 🌱🌺🌿🥀🍃🌷🍀🌹🍂🌸☘️🌼
Experientially Soothing to my spirit and soul!!!!GOAT!!!Gone but NEVER will be forgotten because I’m keeping the memories of this Phenomenal within my HEART ❤️ 🥰👼
I love her so much and I thank God for her gifts. I didn’t know she was so humorous. Thank you so much for sharing this video. She was a poised, WISE and profound woman. Amazing. I also could listen to her EVERYDAY!
She is brilliant, diamond, gem. I couldn’t take my eyes off her. I’m struggling with luck of focus but this video I watched till the very end
Maya Angelou... If I had known her earlier. I would have pursued my dream of being a poet...
Abubakar Ali it’s never too late ...
True.
Abubakar Ali OMG. I used to read poem in high school. But didn’t pursue that as a career. It’s OK. Can still upload as TH-cam video right 🤣
it is never too late. go for it
Inspired, rich, deep, and beautiful.
Winner 2016 stunning
the title should be " Maya Angelou LIVE LOVE UNPLUGGED" :) thanks for sharing!!
Dr Maya is timeless. I love her so much
I love Miss Maya and I feel she speaks for my heart......laugh when they werent tickled, Uncle Tomism...It is the same with GLBT people .....the humilation that those who came before us so we could be here....She made my eyes jump wide open to the obligation to tell the stories of my people.....God blessed the World with Miss Maya.
This soul will live on forever, and never tire!
Who's like Maya..the phenomenal in our time?May she speak up.
Thank you for giving us the honor and pleasure of listening to her.
Wow. I didn’t know how much I needed to hear and see this. Inspiration
To be able to reach many with words. To understand life and share so that others may. God sure gives us gifts. She was a gift to this world. God's speed Maya...I hope to one day we meet, not today or tomorrow tho...lol
Both Maya’s speech and the comments are sending chills down my spine and goosebumps on my skin. Her words are so powerful. Who knew how powerful they could be, enough to give us wings to fly? You all are beautiful souls who were lucky to stumble across and appreciate Maya’s unequivocal talent❤️
Her sense of humor is everything. The power of her voice cradles you like a child. Her movement and stance puts you in a euphoric state.
Thank you for this beautifullllll reading. Thank you ❤️
What a beautiful woman
Intelligent and great sense of humor she had 💖💖💖💖💖💞❤that phenomenal woman👏👏🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼👍👍👍👍👍💞💞💞💞❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
God Bless You Elder/Ancestor🙏🏾 I Love You❤️
What a woman.
Thank you for sharing this...Dr. Maya is one of my favorite poets , person was and continues to be such a treasure a gift to our world.
I adore her ...so much some of which I can't quite explain in words ..
And, in a dark period of my life my years she saved my life through a deep and depliating depression that was healed by reading her poetry daily.
I miss this unforgettable woman for me she taught me so much about life and what is of true importance.
RIP 🙏 Lovely Lady an Angel that visited us and gave and gave. Thank you Maya 🌹.🌿
A beautiful lady, such great wisdom for all ages 🎉
so much power! I too aspire to have a close relationship with words!
This is amazing. What a truly talented legend! ❤🔥
I saw this show in Glasgow in 1987 as part of the same tour. I went on my own, aged 21. I was mesmerised by Maya.
I can’t tell you many times I have rewatched this. She is an excellent storyteller . When she spoke about what love is, I had to pause and rewind that because when you understand what she said as simply as she said it , it hits you so hard . Love is when you can be seen in the most vulnerable and dehumanized and still assure the survival of another human being; that is love! When I heard that, I heard love is sacrifice .
When God gave his only son , he sacrificed him.
When Jesus died on the cross in the most dehumanize and vulnerable way, yet he sacrificed himself for human beings.
To continue in order to achieve anything you must first sacrifice something rather it’s time, yourself, or something or someone . Love starts with sacrifice.
POWERFUL INSPIRATION SELF LOVE! MAYA SING BECAUSE YOU ARE LIFTING MY SPIRIT. ALL LOVE AND BLESSINGS!
I love 💕💪🙏💯 Maya Angelou I wish I had met this great woman🙏🙏🙏💪💪😭😍😇
2021 and we still here maya we still here 🙏🏾😌
I missed out on seeing her live..But her words are a blessing that will live on forever ❤❤☮☮❤❤☮
Walker Girl ,me also I really regret that. I usually have no regrets but thats one.
I can't get enough Maya I can listen to her tenderness, powerful and amazing voice what a wonderful lady ❤💕 xoM
AM SUPER EXCITED TO COME ACROSS"GREAT MAYA ANGELOU"( A GREAT WOMAN, I HOPE TO BE LIKE HER SOON)
26:55 - Phenomenal Woman
Thanks
Mighty Maya Angelou beautiful poem genius could take you right with her 👏👏👏👏👏👌👌❤❤❤❤❤🎼🎼🎼🎼💞💞💞
I will thrive. Thank you Maya Angelou. God bless your pure soul
Maya, Maya. It's like she transcribes people's hearts.
This is true ART! It is so life affirming, thank you for sharing.
thanks so much for sharing this video. i feel a change inside me after watching this.
Oprah's mentor and other mother. WEll spoken QUEEN . HER Lower vocal range speaks volumes . MAY awe all LIVE to restore each other. Awesome SHEROES keep the FAITH.
I feel at home just by listening to Maya Angelou
A modern day saint
Who’s here in May 2022? This pacifies and regenerates my spirit and enables me to have more courage so I can try to become virtuous. I probably watch this 5x a week. She is my supreme divine goddess✨🙏🏻🤍🕊
Thank you thank you thank you
Oh the sass on that woman, yes more please!!
🙌🏾Here in 2024 🙌🏾
Thank you so much for sharing. Had I known the extent of her talents when I younger, I would have had the privilege of attending one of her performances.
Just watched her interview with Dave Chappelle... So good!!!! She's so..... PHENOMENAL!!! Love you Maya!!!
An inspiring author on the horrible common experience of African Americans
this is so profound and deeply mind opening. this woman is not only amazing she is the definition of prolific
spellbinding performance...bravo