Guest Ruth-Miriam Garnett Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 FOR LUCILLE CLIFTON & PROGENY To my poet friends, and to those who inspire our words: We have lost our mother, but then, not prior to gaining the life strands she handed over to us. And as we breathe, copiously breed our words, recall divine capacity to raise up from stones children, and with this, know to drench ourselves in what flows through ancestral wombs, seeing to the signing of our names. 2/16/10 Ruth-Miriam Garnett ------------------ Lucille Clifton was an American poet, writer, and educator from New York. Common topics in her poetry include the celebration of her African American heritage, and feminist themes, with particular emphasis on the female body. She was the first person in her family to finish high school and attend college. She started Howard University on scholarship as a drama major but lost the scholarship two years later. Thus began her writing career. "Good Times", her first book of poems, was published in 1969. She has since been nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and has been honored as Maryland's Poet Laureate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 Ruth-Miriam Garnett I will share this poem on our Lucille Clifon page -- thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 One of the reviewers liken Clifton's poetic voide to that of Langston Hughes I agree, accessible yet deceptive simple (imho) http://aalbc.com/authors/lucille_clifton.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Finally a poem I get! homage to my hips by Lucille Clifton these hips are big hips they need space to move around in. they don't fit into little petty places. these hips are free hips. they don't like to be held back. these hips have never been enslaved, they go where they want to go they do what they want to do. these hips are mighty hips. these hips are magic hips. i have known them to put a spell on a man and spin him like a top! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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