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From her reflections on African American life and hardship in Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie to her revolutionary celebrations of womanhood in Phenomenal Woman and Still I Rise , and her elegant tributes to dignitaries Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela ( On the Pulse of Morning and His Day Is Done , respectively), every inspiring word of Maya Angelou's poetry is included in the pages of this volume.