Son to Mother Poem by Maya Angelou

Son to Mother

Rating: 4.7


I start no
wars, raining poison
on cathedrals,
melting Stars of David
into golden faucets
to be lighted by lamps
shaded by human skin.

I set no
store on the strange lands,
send no
missionaries beyond my
borders,
to plunder secrets
and barter souls.

They
say you took my manhood,
Momma.
Come sit on my lap
and tell me,
what do you want me to say
to them, just
before I annihilate
their ignorance ?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Subhas Chandra Chakra 09 December 2017

They say you took my manhood, Momma. Come sit on my lap and tell me, what do you want me to say to them, just before I annihilate their ignorance? Lovely poem shared.

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Weirdo 30 January 2018

Hi I like turtles and trains

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Rogelio Guillermo 11 October 2017

This poem tells me that religions are nothing but poison to the society they are exposed to.

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Hiiii 30 January 2018

U r wrong hahahahha

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dkljalkj 12 February 2018

YES YOU ARE WRONG I SEE SOMETHING ELSE IN IT

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okay 30 January 2021

what the is wrong with some of these comments...

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Dr Antony Theodore 08 December 2020

melting Stars of David into golden faucets to be lighted by lamps shaded by human skin. A great poem and thinking. tony

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L Milton Hankins 19 September 2020

Another incredibly on-target piece of work by Ms Angelou!

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mom ma momma jennifer 27 September 2019

I have 4 sons an we have the true love 4 poetry not 4 the words but its sentiments sumtime u can find a great poet that tells of life or death but wat poet can u find that tells of life living moving from tradgidy

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Adeeb Alfateh 14 July 2019

I set no store on the strange lands, send no missionaries beyond my borders, to plunder secrets and barter souls. great great great writing 10+++++++++++++++++++++++

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