Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem
by By Angelou, Maya
Category: Poetry , American , General

This dazzling Christmas poem by Maya Angelou is powerful and inspiring for people of all faiths.In this beautiful, deeply moving poem, Maya Angelou inspires us to embrace the peace  and promise of Christmas, so that hope and love can once again light up our holidays  and the world. “Angels and Mortals, Believers and Nonbelievers, look heavenward,”  she writes, “and speak the word aloud. Peace.” Read by the poet at the lighting  of the National Christmas Tree at the White House on December 1, 2005, Maya Angelou’ s celebration of the “Glad Season” is a radiant affirmation of the goodness of life.