2011 Banned Books Week-Day 6- "Those Who Ban Books"

Those Who Ban Books 

by Maya Angelou

They were scared of sexes and hexes

and multi-colored sheets.

And men and women doing even

consensual things.

They banned a same-sex marriage room

and Judy Blume.

Charles Dicken Chickin-Lickin and

Why the Caged Bird Sings.

(An original poem by Maya Angelou for Random House Incorporated Magazine, Vol 3, No.1)