Maya Angelou remains ever present. She represents beauty and pain, pleasure and fight, freedom and suffering. No heart that beats could fail to beat along to the rhythms set by her artistry. For a lover of longer poetry it is not often easy for me to attain fulfilment from shorter poetry forms, yet Maya Angelou’s words had so much depth that I found my thoughts drifting for long periods, demasking her raw imagery.

This episode is in recognition of her work in general, but also to highlight how she has been honoured in the US by having her image placed on the new quarter coin.

Maya Angelou was a giant in a world that required people like her to be larger than life. She reached levels of great fame and was loved the world over, and it’s refreshing to know she was so greatly appreciated while still alive. Her work, her Art, is a compilat ...