File spoon-archives/third-world-women.archive/third-world-women_1998/third-world-women.9811, message 51


From: "cyber diva" <cyberdiva16-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Phenomenal Woman
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 07:04:03 PST




This takes care of *my* "five".

r

ps - this does *not* mean that people are permitted to send chain 
messages to the list... 



>>Hope this reaches many "phenomenal women"!
>>Enjoy,
>>Annabelle
>>
>>>  The enclosed Maya Angelou poem is being circulated to celebrate
>>> Women's
>>> History Month. Please forward to 5 phenomenal women that you know!
>>>
>>>        Phenomenal Woman
>>>               by Maya Angelou
>>>
>>> >>>           Pretty women wonder where my secret lies
>>> >>>           I'm not cute or built to suit a model's fashion size
>>> >>>           But when I start to tell them
>>> >>>           They think I'm telling lies.
>>> >>>                I say
>>> >>>                It's in the reach of my arms
>>> >>>                The span of my hips
>>> >>>                The stride of my steps
>>> >>>                The curl of my lips.
>>> >>>                I'm a woman
>>> >>>                Phenomenally
>>> >>>                Phenomenal woman
>>> >>>                That's me.
>>> >>>                        I walk into  a room
>>> >>>                        Just as cool as you please
>>> >>>                        And to a man
>>> >>>                        The fellows stand or
>>> >>>                        Fall down on their knees
>>> >>>                        Then they swarm around me
>>> >>>                        A hive of honey bees.
>>> >>>                             I say
>>> >>>                             It's the fire in my eyes
>>> >>>                             And the flash of my teeth
>>> >>>                             The swing of my waist
>>> >>>                             And the joy in my feet.
>>> >>>                             I'm a woman
>>> >>>                             Phenomenally
>>> >>>                             Phenomenal woman
>>> >>>                             That's me.
>>> >>>                                   Men themselves have wondered
>>> >>>                                   What they see in me
>>> >>>                                   They try so much
>>> >>>                                   But they can't touch
>>> >>>                                    My inner mystery.
>>> >>>                                   When I try to show them
>>> >>>                                   They say they still can't see.
>>> >>>                                   I say
>>> >>>                                   It's in the arch of my back
>>> >>>                                   The sun of my smile
>>> >>>                                   The ride of my breasts
>>> >>>                                   The grace of my style.
>>> >>>                                   I'm a woman
>>> >>>                                   Phenomenally
>>> >>>                                   Phenomenal woman
>>> >>>                                   That's me.
>>> >>>                                           Now you understand
>>> >>>                                           Just why my head's not
>>> >>>                      bowed
>>> >>>                                           I don't shout or jump
>>> >>>                     about
>>> >>>                                           Or have to talk real
>>> >>>                      loud
>>> >>>                                           When you see me
>>> >>>                      passing
>>> >>>                                           It ought to make you
>>> >>>                       proud.
>>> >>>                                           I say
>>> >>>                                           It's in the click of
>>> >>>                     my heels
>>> >>>                                           The bend of my hair
>>> >>>                                           The palm of my hand
>>> >>>                                           The need for my care.
>>> >>>                                           'Cause I'm a woman
>>> >>>                                           Phenomenally
>>> >>>                                            That's me.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>Send this to 5 phenomenal women today in celebration of Women's
>>> >History
>>> >>>month.
>>> >>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Annabelle Sreberny
>>Professor and Director
>>Centre for Mass Communication Research
>>University of Leicester
>>104 Regent Road
>>LEICESTER LE1 7LT
>>England
>>
>>tel: 0116 252 3861/3
>>fax: 0116 252 3874
>>e-mail: as19-AT-leicester.ac.uk
>>http://www.le.ac.uk/cmcr/
>>
>
>
>


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