12 min
Lucille Clifton — song at midnight Poetry Unbound
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- Böcker
In strength and defiance, Lucille Clifton celebrates her Black body and her survival. When have you said or heard words like this?
Calling herself “both nonwhite and woman,” Lucille Clifton glories in her shape and fact of her life in these two poems. She invites the reader to witness everything she's lived through, and to celebrate the flourishing life that she has created in spite of everything that has tried to kill her.
In strength and defiance, Lucille Clifton celebrates her Black body and her survival. When have you said or heard words like this?
Calling herself “both nonwhite and woman,” Lucille Clifton glories in her shape and fact of her life in these two poems. She invites the reader to witness everything she's lived through, and to celebrate the flourishing life that she has created in spite of everything that has tried to kill her.
12 min