Our souls, dependent upon their nurture, now shrink, wizened.

When Great Trees Fall. by Maya Angelou. lumber after safety. eroded beyond fear. light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. a hurtful clarity. never taken. them, takes leave of bushdig.barg: publication. Jun 24, When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety.

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It leaves a gnawing pain that nothing can heal.

Read/5."When Great Trees Fall": The Poetry of Maya Angelou Angelou reportedly wrote her first poem, when she was fifteen.7 She was still writing commemorative poetry until the year before her death. Maya Angelou published more than four individual volumes of poetry, two collections, and a. Sep 23, When Great Trees Fall.

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