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  and the houses straight as you got a geography. somebody need directions. of a woman. at the cemetery, walnut grove plantation, south carolina, 1989 by Lucille Clifton. Luke Stromberg is the Associate Poetry Editor of E-Verse. Clifton’s free verse lyrics — spare in form — often concern the importance of family and community in the face of economic oppression. or

Two of Clifton's BOA poetry collections were chosen as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. happy to be alive body!

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Lucille Clifton born 1936 Creating Beautiful Poems Lucille Clifton grew up in the state of New York and was the first in her family to finish high school and attend college. Clifton’s free verse lyrics — spare in form — often concern the importance of family and community in the face of economic oppression.

Spellman, and Toni Morrison. <>>> and the silent nights Learn how your comment data is processed. we think a lot about uptown endobj among the rocks at walnut grove your silence drumming in my bones, tell me your names. Clifton's awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and an Emmy Award. His work has appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The New Criterion, The Hopkins Review, Think Journal, and several other venues. by Lucille Clifton. Lucille Clifton—one of the most important poets of the 21st century—published some of her most beloved poems in The Book of Light. Though rooted in folktales and a strong tradition of storytelling, many of Clifton’s poems are spirited, sometimes spiritual, explorations of race and gender. nobody mentioned slaves and yet the curious tools shine with your fingerprints. if mamacould seeshe would see   lucy sprawling   limbs of lucydecorating thebacks of chairslucy hairholding the mirrors up   that reflect odd   aspects of lucy.if mamacould hearshe would hearlucysong rolled in thecorners like lintexotic webs of lucysighslong lucy spiders explaining   to obscure gods.if mamacould talkshe would talkgood... oh antic Godreturn to memy mother in her thirties   leaned across the front porch   the huge pillow of her breasts   pressing against the railsummoning me in for bed.I am almost the dead woman’s age times two.I can barely recall her songthe scent of... they thought the field was wastingand so they gathered the marker rocks and stones andpiled them into a barn    they say that the rocks were shapedsome of them scratched with triangles and other forms    theymust have been trying to invent... Lucille Clifton was born in Depew, New York, and educated at Howard University, where she met fellow writers Sterling Brown, A.B.

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“The love readers feel for Lucille Clifton—both the woman and her poetry—is constant and deeply felt.

The lines that surface most frequently in praise of her work and her person are moving declarations of racial pride, courage, steadfastness.” — Toni Morrison, The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010.

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