I turn to it often for solace, in terms of my own.

Jun 24, Maya Angelou When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear.

When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great. When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety.

When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, see with/5. When Great Trees Fall by Maya AngelouWhen great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber afte."When Great Trees Fall": The Pòetry of Maya Angelou Mary Jane Lupton As Annie a child Johnson growing in up St.

in Louis, Stamps, Missouri Arkansas, in Maya ) Angelou developed (born an Marguerite early love Annie Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri in ) developed an early love for the music of African American poetry and for the rhythms of the Negro. Honoring the life, soul work, and spiritual ascension of Ms. Maya Angelou. Apr 17, When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear.

When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly, Our eyes, briefly, see with a hurtful clarity. Our memory, suddenly sharpened, examines, gnaws on kind words unsaid, promised walks never taken.

Great souls die and our reality, bound to them, takes Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins.