The Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books 2000-2009

This is a list of the top 100 Banned/Challenged Books 2000-20009.  This list is utterly ridiculous.  Since Sept. 30th starts the beginning of Banned Books Week.  I am going to be randomly be posting exerts from the books on this list.  I encourage everyone to pick a book, read it, give it to a friend and tell them to pay it forward.  Or leave it in the local coffee shop with a post it that says read me.  The ignorance in our society needs to be addressed.  The Freedom to read, The Freedom to think, and The Freedom to create need to be celebrated by everyone!.

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.

The free bird leaps

on the back of the wind

and floats downstream

till the current ends

and dips his wings

in the orange sun rays

and dares to claim the sky.

But a bird that stalks

down his narrow cage

can seldom see through

his bars of rage

his wings are clipped and

his feet are tied

so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings

with fearful trill

of the things unknown

but longed for still

and his tune is heard

on the distant hill for the caged bird

sings of freedom

The free bird thinks of another breeze

and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees

and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn

and he names the sky his own.

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams

his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream

his wings are clipped and his feet are tied

so he opens his throat to sing

The caged bird sings

with a fearful trill

of things unknown

but longed for still

and his tune is heard

on the distant hill

for the caged bird

sings of freedom.

~Maya Angelou