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The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010
The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 | Lucille Clifton
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Winner of the 2013 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry "The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 may be the most important book of poetry to appear in years."--Publishers Weekly "All poetry readers will want to own this book; almost everything is in it."--Publishers Weekly "If you only read one poetry book in 2012, The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton ought to be it."NPR "The 'Collected Clifton' is a gift, not just for her fans...but for all of us."--The Washington Post "The love readers feel for Lucille Cliftonboth the woman and her poetryis 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, from the Foreword The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 19652010 combines all eleven of Lucille Clifton's published collections with more than fifty previously unpublished poems. The unpublished poems feature early poems from 19651969, a collection-in-progress titled the book of days (2008), and a poignant selection of final poems. An insightful foreword by Nobel Prizewinning author Toni Morrison and comprehensive afterword by noted poet Kevin Young frames Clifton's lifetime body of work, providing the definitive statement about this major America poet's career. On February 13, 2010, the poetry world lost one of its most distinguished members with the passing of Lucille Clifton. In the last year of her life, she was named the first African American woman to receive the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize honoring a US poet whose "lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition," and was posthumously awarded the Robert Frost Medal for lifetime achievement from the Poetry Society of America. "mother-tongue: to man-kind" (from the unpublished the book of days): all that I am asking is that you see me as something more than a common occurrence, more than a woman in her ordinary skin.
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Valeka
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Studying Ms Lucille‘s poetry form and style. Her work is phenomenal 📖❤️

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IndoorDame
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TheSpineView Perfect!🤩 5mo
dabbe 💚💙💚 5mo
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merelybookish Love her! 2y
TheSpineView @merelybookish She is a fabulous poet! 2y
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merelybookish
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Lucille Clifton 🙌🍃🍂🧡
#fall #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

TheSpineView 🧡🍂💛 2y
TheBookHippie I love her writings I took all her books out of the library and read every single one this year! (edited) 2y
vivastory One of the most powerful poems (jasper texas 1998) in the tagged book which I finished last week was a Clifton poem 2y
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Branwen
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National Poetry Month: Day 7! ❤📖

I absolutely love this poem by Lucille Clifton! The last lines bring tears to my eyes every time I read it!

#NationalPoetryMonth

Leftcoastzen 💗much love for her poetry! 3y
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MerlinTheSlightlyAwkward
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Littens! Unknown content creator for this mini, off-beat poem. Anyone know who credit belongs to?

EDIT: This was authored by Lucille Clifton. Huge thanks to @TheBookHippie for helping find this!!! 🎉❤️💃🏻

It‘s still potent.

#help #poetrymatters #lucilleclifton

TheBookHippie It‘s Lucille Clifton 3y
TheBookHippie @MerlinTheSlightlyAwkward ♥️♥️♥️ and how fun that I just read her poetry in a huge book!!! I love poetry I try to read it every day! 3y
MerlinTheSlightlyAwkward @TheBookHippie That‘s fantastic!! Poetry should be a bigger part of my life. With this, the journey begins 📚☕️💃🏻 3y
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I‘ve been reading this collection all month, a section each day, and I love that I got to read the entire collection as one and see all the themes that ran through her life. Clifton‘s style is direct, which makes it easy to connect to on an emotional level, and can also make it gut wrenching depending on the subject, like her poems on sexual abuse by her father that just cut to the quick. #Nonfiction2022 #ImASurvivor @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

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TheSpineView Powerful poem! 3y
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IndoorDame
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TheSpineView 😍😍😍 3y
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IndoorDame
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This popped up in my reading today and seemed very apt for the discussion we‘re having on the #1619GroupRead right now

LitStephanie Succinct and says so much. 3y
alisiakae Beautiful poem, and so relevant. 3y
megnews This is great on so many levels including the #1619GroupRead 3y
BookDragonNotWorm Love this! 3y
batsy 💜 3y
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IndoorDame
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This seemed timely
#poetrymatters

TheSpineView Love!❤❤❤ 3y
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IndoorDame
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I‘m finding so much gems that speak to me in this book! #poetrymatters

merelybookish I love Clifton! 3y
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merelybookish
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🍁🍂🍃🙏🧡💚
#lesson #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

kspenmoll Just woke up - what a beautiful greeting to start my day.💕 3y
TheSpineView Beautiful! 3y
merelybookish @kspenmoll Oh, that made my day! 🙂 3y
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IndoorDame
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TheSpineView Love!❤ 3y
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merelybookish
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It was #hurdle to find a poem for today's challenge! But this poem kinda fits. Plus, I love Clifton's poetry!
#poetrymatters @TheSpineView

TiredLibrarian Love this. ❤ 3y
merelybookish @TiredLibrarian Me too! "The bridge between starshine and clay" ❤️ 3y
Lcsmcat I think this is perfect! 3y
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batsy I love this one so much ♥️ 3y
TheSpineView Awesome find! Love! 💜 3y
merelybookish @Lcsmcat Thanks Linda! 3y
merelybookish @batsy Clifton is so good! 3y
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#Two4TuesdayGiveaway
Thanks for the tag @TheRiehlDeal
Thanks for the giveaway @TheSpineView

☕️ I honestly and truly wish that I could say that I part with books after reading...that I have tons of bookshelf space because books aren‘t allowed to take up permanent residence. But stay they do and they get cozy with one another and multiply.

☕️ My most wished for book for the longest time is the tagged poetry collection.

Tag: @timeisfleeting

MallenNC The same thing happens with my books! They move in and get comfortable. 4y
TheSpineView Books do lend to multiple.. like rabbits!😂 Thanks for playing and good luck! 🤞BTW, love that your most most wished for book is poetry! 4y
Reggie I like that they get cozy with each other. It makes me feel like they‘re less alone. 4y
timeisfleeting Thanks for the tag @Nute. Sometimes I keep it, sometimes pass it on.

Oh my, I have lots on my tbr-- I cannot narrow it down to one. : /
4y
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ErinSBecker
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Took a long time to get through, because I kept stopping to write down poems, and because I couldn't stop myself halfway through from returning to the beginning and reading it all again. Her series of religious poetry, reimagining biblical figures, were gorgeous, even though I'm not religious. Her poems about cancer were amazing - esp “leukemia as white rabbit“. I read this as an ebook but will definitely be buying a paper copy to love to pieces.

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Brewychock48
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I am really enjoying Lucille's poetry. Beautiful and soulful.

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Abby2
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So deep so honest so sharp

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biblio_ginger
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Went canoeing with my husband and brought some poetry. Blessing the Boats was the first poem and it was lovely and meant to be. 😊

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TrishTheBibliophile
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Books88 These hips don't lie! 8y
Paula3 💖💖 8y
carrceli This is one of my favorites! 8y
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IndyHannaJones
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WCW...Lucille Clifton. Her poetry fills and props me up like a shot of whiskey. The very top edge got cut off but it's all good.

Leelee08 I did a paper on her this past spring. I fell head over heels.😍 8y
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evelynnalfred
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Happy birthday Lucille Clifton! 🎉

Donna_sBookMinute 📚🍰📚💐 8y
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