Angelou

Tomorrow Project Challenges

Maya Angelou

Angelou

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” 

— Maya Angelou

 

 

Consider the words of renowned author and civil rights activist Maya Angelou (1928-2014) in connection with your interactions with friends, family, or a person you have just met. Write about a real or imagined interaction that is positive and meaningful because of the way you made someone feel.

[Photo of Maya Angelou by Craig Herndo, The Washington Post/Getty Images, 1974. Find out more about Maya Angelou: National Women's History Museum]

Submissions

  • Poetry

    By Popcorn

    (you made me feel)

    I'll forget

    (the exact words,

    too many to remember)

    (I wish I wouldn't,

    I want to have you with me

    always)

    what you said.

     

    I'll forget

    (if we shared lunch

    or went downtown

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