St. Louis’ Poet
By Charlie. Filed in Travel |
Saint Louis is a city with a remarkable history. Its place in the chain of events of the past two centuries is complex, and reveals a never-ending web of connection between the past and the present. It would take the voice of a poet to be able to make the links so that they could span the social, the historical, and the emotional, and the city has one in Maya Angelou . Visitors looking for accommodations will find themselves walking in some of her own footsteps.
Some of her most formative years were spent in Arkansas, where her keen observation of human beings particularly in regard to race, were formed. She did spend more time here with her mother, before heading out to San Francisco. There she became interested in studying dance formally, and did this for many years until her calling as a poet woke up. It began with a novel, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings , and eventually turned into a voice that would make her the country’s poet laureate.
Her words are widely known, and her poems have been published in multiple languages all over the world. The woman who traveled the world as a dancer is now finding her words travel multiple worlds, and affecting multiple inner spaces with a vision of hope and profound compassion. This is the city that saw her birth, and time spent in Saint Louis hotels can offer hints at a remarkable vision.
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