LucilleClifton Poems

Lucille Clifton Poems (1965-2010)

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Talk about Columbus,
I tell you who discovered
America;
Martin Luther King
that's who.

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White men
just walking all on the moon,
he go where he want to go.

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Quotations from Aunt Margaret Brown

Abraham Lincoln
just like my Daddy;
dead.

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whispering
Hoka Hay brother
it is a good day
to die

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dreamed
clear fields
and redmen everywhere
woke and braided
his curling brown hair
as his enchanted horse
who woke with him
prepared

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the man
who wore a blue stone
behind his ear
did not dance

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witko

aka crazy horse

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where of where is the
saving thing

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the white boy

like a man overboard
crying every which way
is it in your mind
is it under your clothes

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adam and eve

the names
of the things
bloom in my mouth

my body opens
into brothers

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and these failures are my job.

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is i am adam and his mother

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in the giving of true names

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though i fail and fail

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the making of poems

the reason why i do it

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radiant
splendid
clarify
clear

ROGET'S THESAURUS

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shimmer
glisten
gloss
brightness
brilliance
splendor
sheen
dazzle
sparkle
luminous
reflection
kindle
illuminate
brighten
glorious
radiate

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LIGHT

ray
stream
gleam
beam
sun
glow
flicker
shine
lucid
spark
scintilla
flash
blaze
flame
fire
serene
luciferous
lightning bolt
luster

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and understanding things
people gone call you crazy

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FOR PRISSLY

girl
looking like a wild thing
if you keep on your loving way
if you don't stop caring and fearing
and noticing things