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/ >> > > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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