Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women

Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women is a book of poems by Maya Angelou, published in 1995.

The poems in this short volume were published in Angelou's previous volumes of poetry. "Phenomenal Woman", "Still I Rise", and "Our Grandmothers" had appeared in And Still I Rise (1978); "Weekend Glory" had appeared in Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? (1983). The volume was published a year after Random House published The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou, Angelou's first collection of poetry, and two years after she read her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993.^[1]

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Literary works by Maya Angelou Autobiographies Themes I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Gather Together in My Name Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas The Heart of a Woman All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes A Song Flung Up to Heaven Mom & Me & Mom Poetry Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well And Still I Rise Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? Now Sheba Sings the Song I Shall Not Be Moved "On the Pulse of Morning" Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women A Brave and Startling Truth Celebrations, Rituals of Peace and Prayer We Had Him Miss Calypso Essays Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now Even the Stars Look Lonesome Letter to My Daughter Cookbooks Hallelujah! The Welcome Table Great Food, All Day Long: Cook Splendidly, Eat Smart Children's books Life Doesn't Frighten Me My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me Kofi and His Magic Maya's World Series Plays Cabaret for Freedom The Least of These The Best of These The Clawing Within Gettin' up Stayed on My Mind Sophocles, Ajax And Still I Rise Moon on a Rainbow Shawl