Your skin like dawn
Mine like musk

One paints the beginning
of a certain end.

The other, the end of a
sure beginning.

Analysis, meaning and summary of Maya Angelou's poem Passing Time

7 Comments

  1. Jessica Collins says:

    nice work it reminds me of something

  2. deshay robinson says:

    your poem makes a person feel good about there self as becoming a black women fighting against one another for rights ps.im only 11

  3. kara says:

    i like how the poem had feeling in it and how it was expressed.

  4. Andrew says:

    A good one. Well done

  5. Lulu says:

    Stunning poem…totally get it!

  6. taylor says:

    i dont get it….

  7. alexa says:

    short, sweet, and to the point.

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