Val says - yesterday morning I was with the Fifi poetry group reading and enjoying poems by Maya Angelou. My favourite has to be " I know why the caged bird sings" I was going to print it for you till I noticed it was still in copyright so If you like the sound of it just google. The extract that I have given gives you the flavour of it. Freedom so important to us all, even a caged bird.
How does it relate to France Val, I hear you ask? Well think, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Liberty is Freedom.
But a bird that stalks
down his narrow cage
can seldom see through
his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and
his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings
with fearful trill
of the things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom
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