The enclosed Maya Angelou poem is being circulated to celebrate Women's
History Month.

 Phenomenal Woman
 By Maya Angelou

 Pretty women wonder where my secret lies
 I'm not cute or built to suit a model's fashion size
 But when I start to tell them
 They think I'm telling lies.
 I say
 It's in the reach of my arms
 The span of my hips
 The stride of my steps
 The curl of my lips.
 I'm a woman
 Phenomenally
 Phenomenal woman
 That's me.

 I walk into a room
 Just as cool as you please
 And to a man
 The fellows stand or
 Fall down on their knees
 Then they swarm around me
 A hive of honeybees.
 I say
 It's the fire in my eyes
 And the flash of my teeth
 The swing of my waist
 And the joy in my feet.
 I'm a woman
 Phenomenally
 Phenomenal woman
 That's me.

 Men themselves have wondered
 What they see in me
 They try so much
 But they can't touch
 My inner mystery.
 When I try to show them
 They say they still can't see.
 I say
 It's in the arch of my back
 The sun of my smile
 The ride of my breasts
 The grace of my style.
 I'm a woman
 Phenomenally
 Phenomenal woman
 That's me.

 Now you understand
 Just why my head's not bowed
 I don't shout or jump about
 Or have to talk real loud
 When you see me passing
 It ought to make you proud.
 I say
 It's in the click of my heels
 The bend of my hair
 The palm of my hand
 The need for my care.
 'Cause I'm a woman
 Phenomenally
 Phenomenal woman
 That's me.

 Send this to 5 Phenomenal Women today in celebration of Women's History
month.