‘Peace’ poem in print

Sun., Dec. 11, 2005

Associated Press

“Amazing Peace,” the poem Maya Angelou wrote and read for this year’s Christmas tree lighting at the White House, has been published in a stand-alone edition by Random House.

The 32-page book has a suggested retail price of $9.95.

The poem says in part: “Angels and Mortals, Believers and Nonbelievers, look heavenward, and speak the word aloud. Peace.”

Angelou is the author of the classic memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and a poet whose “On the Pulse of the Morning,” written for President Clinton’s first inauguration, was a million seller.

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