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A Brave and Startling Truth by Maya Angelou
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VOCABULARY A BRAVE STARTLING TRUTH
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A ONE (1) OF MANY THINGS (a book) the ONE (1) THING (the red book)
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BRAVE
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STARTLE (STARTLING)
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TRUTH BELIEVE IT NOT A LIE REAL
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We, this people, We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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ON A SMALL AND LONELY PLANET
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TRAVELING THROUGH CASUAL SPACE
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CASUAL space ALOOF stars INDIFFERENT suns CASUAL not serious ALOOF not interested INDIFFERENT not caring (does not make a difference)
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DESTINATION WHERE ALL SIGNS TELL US
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POSSIBLE AND IMPERATIVE POSSIBLE WE CAN DO IT IMPERATIVE IF WE DON’T DO IT, WE WILL DIE !
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BRAVE AND STARTLING
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TRUTH
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WHEN WE COME TO IT WHAT IT WILL WE COME TO ?
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Answer: a brave and startling truth
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WHAT IS THE BRAVE AND STARTLING TRUTH?? (We need to carefully read the poem to find out.)
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THE DAY OF PEACEMAKING
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RELEASE OUR FINGERS
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FISTS OF HOSTILITY
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PURE AIR TO COOL OUR PALMS
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CURTAIN FALLS
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MINSTREL SHOW OF HATE
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SOOT BLACK ASH AFTER BURNING
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FACES SOOTED WITH SCORN
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ARE SCRUBBED CLEAN
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BATTLEFIELDS
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COLISEUM
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RAKE
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UNIQUE AND PARTICULAR Unique one of a kind, nothing is like it Particular just this one
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BRUISED
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BRUISED AND BLOODY GRASS
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IDENTICAL PLOTS IN FOREIGN SOIL IDENTICAL ALL THE SAME PLOTS GRAVES FOREIGN ANOTHER COUNTRY SOIL DIRT, THE GROUND
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IDENTICAL PLOTS IN FOREIGN SOIL
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RAPACIOUS STORMING RAPACIOUSATTACK THAT IS HUNGRY TO EAT IT ALL UP STORMING ATTACKING
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RAPACIOUS STORMING OF THE CHURCHES
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SCREAMING RACKET RACKET LOUD NOISE
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SCREAMING RACKET IN THE TEMPLES
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PENNANTS WAVING GAILY BANNERS TREMBLE
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RIFLES FALL
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FLAGS OF TRUCE
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LAND MINES
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LAND MINES REMOVED
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INCENSE
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PYRAMIDS
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GARDENS OF BABYLON
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GRAND CANYON
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DANUBE
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MOUNT FUJI
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AMAZON
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MISSISSIPPI
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WONDERS OF THE WORLD
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DEVILS NOR DIVINES nor
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WHAT IS THE BRAVE AND STARTLING TRUTH?? WE ARE THE TRUE WONDER OF THIS WORLD BECAUSE WE HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE IT GOOD FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING OURSELVES!
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