"Caged Bird"

Poems can make us think.


from “Caged Bird”
by Maya Angelou (1928 - )

A free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wing
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.

A caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.


What does the author want us to think about?

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