She is welcomed to Ayrshire by a group of Burnsians who hold a party in her honour to celebrate Rabbie Burns’ genius. They sing his songs and read his poems, while Angelou, in return, performs one of her own works.

STREAMING VIDEO:
https://fero.tips/video/documentaries/angelou-on-burns-1996/

DOWNLOAD with English subtitles:
https://cold1.gofile.io/download/direct/90ba5ce2-9a1d-4eaa-b04e-d82b7f5a6f9d/Angelou%20On%20Burns%20(1996).Sd.Avc.Aac.Eng%20(Hi-C).FTen.mp4

Maya Angelou's birthday today., April 4, 1928. She passed away at May 28, 2014.
On the image she's standing in the Scottish Highlands, with a headwrap to conmemorate George Burns. A legend and Scottish poet.

#MayaAngelou #Poet #Birthday

**Michelle** @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org · 2g *

2g *

Michelle @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

“Burden” from Threnody, my 2nd volume of #poetry available now here: https://www.nihtgengapress.com/product/threnody-new-poems

Only 1 copy left! Thank you for helping give an independent #poet the gift of “sold out”

Burden

Could the stones
Sink the burden
Of my name
To the
Bottom of the
River where
Time in
It's secret
Unfolding
Will coax
The water to
Forget.

#books #bookstodon #indie

**Sharon Cummings Art (Official)** @SharonCummingsArt@socel.net · 2g

Sharon Cummings Art (Official) @SharonCummingsArt@socel.net

no more chilly nights
summer heat is not delayed
spring gone in a blink!

#MastoPrompt - delay
#DailyHaikuPrompt - chilly night

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/orange-rising-modern-contemporary-color-block-art-sharon-cummings.html

#orange #art #modern #modernart #modernhome #warm #warmth #art #artwork #summer #summertime #heat #heatwave #poetry #poet #poets #poem #poems #shortpoems #shortpoem #smallpoem #smallpoems #writing #writinglife #Florida #floridalife #FloridaIsNotParadise #buyintoart by #SharonCummingsArt

Orange, black and white modern art in a simple square format by artist and poet Sharon Cummings. Haiku in post.

**jdmccafferty** @jdmccafferty@mastodon.online · 2g

jdmccafferty @jdmccafferty@mastodon.online

3 Apr 1637: d. Sara Milton [Jeffrey] wife of John & mother of John Milton #poet #otd (photo: JRayner&sons) Buried in the chancel of #Horton church.

**Prairie Sky Smith** @prairieskysmith@bookstodon.com · 3g

Prairie Sky Smith @prairieskysmith@bookstodon.com

A Dream of You, from 2023. A #lovepoem

#poem #poetry #poet

**Kerstin Gürke** @KerstinGuerke@pixelfed.social · 4g

Kerstin Gürke @KerstinGuerke@pixelfed.social

A man of the century:
Georg Stefan Troller (born 1921)
103-year-old Georg Stefan Troller is still a humorous and life-affirming spirit.

#georgstefantroller #interviewer #theartofinterview #director #screenwriter #writer #poet #austria

#austria

**Sharon Cummings Art (Official)** @SharonCummingsArt@socel.net · 4g *

4g *

Sharon Cummings Art (Official) @SharonCummingsArt@socel.net

a border of blue
sky scraping and weathered bark
dead trees tell stories...

#mastoprompt - border

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/time-machine-1-tree-photography-sharon-cummings.html

Old dead tree twisting into a blue sky. Photograph by Sharon Cummings. Haiku in post.

#photo #photography #photographie

**I. Latham** @voiceoftheoldways@mastodon.social · 5g

I. Latham @voiceoftheoldways@mastodon.social

Tyr's Day blessings.

Ragnarok threads through all being. Twilight is inevitable and shall without doubt swallow the order of things. Yet to this fated end is woven that path we choose to tread towards it. Of honour, or dishonour; of justice or injustice. There is our decision.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #tyr #Tyrsday #tuesday #heathen #druid #writer #writing #poet #oldgods #OldWays

**Buddhistdoor Global (BDG)** @buddhistdoor@mastodon.social · 5g

Buddhistdoor Global (BDG) @buddhistdoor@mastodon.social

Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Saigyō Hōshi (1118–1190)

Leaving no trace
Once again into the mountains’ depths
I’ll make my way;
Not to hear the world’s pains—
I wonder, is there such a place? — Saigyō Hōshi (1118–1190)

Explore more: https://buddhistdoor.net

#Buddhism #Buddha #JapaneseBuddhism

**jdmccafferty** @jdmccafferty@mastodon.online · 6g

jdmccafferty @jdmccafferty@mastodon.online

31 Mar 1631: d. John Donne, #poet & cleric in the deanery of St Paul’s London #otd having earlier posed in his own shroud (BM/NPG)

A striking man in his day. Among other things.

**Daisha** @Mutinypie@pixelfed.social · 6g

Daisha @Mutinypie@pixelfed.social

“They tried to bury us, they didn’t know we were seeds.” ~ Dinos Christianopoulos

#sky #clouds #poet #activism

#activism

**Jason Stiff** @JasonStiff@sfba.social · 29 mar

29 mar

Jason Stiff @JasonStiff@sfba.social

She looks left, and she looks right, but there isn't a sunbeam in sight. From a record-breaking 79° two days ago to 31°, fog and snow! Shylo would like some warm sun for her Caturday Saturday fun.

#Montana #Billings #cat