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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
"Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life."— Maya Angelou
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Meaning of this quote
Poetry is presented as support for courage, steadiness, and shaping a life.
Key takeaway:
Return to a poem that helps you think clearly.
Origin of the quote
Angelou’s statements about poetry, reported in performance coverage.
Who actually said this?
Commonly attributedThe contemporary report documents the backbone image. The entire longer sentence in this post was not independently established from an original recording.
