Tomorrow (February 13) marks the 10th anniversary of the death of poet Lucille Clifton …
We honor the occasion with five of our favorite poems by Lucille Clifton …
Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010) was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Clifton was a finalist twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. (via Wikipedia)
in the inner city
Lucille Clifton
Found in the book
The Collected Poems of
Lucille Clifton 1965-2010
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