Lucille Clifton Quotes

the lost womenI need to know their namesthose women I would have walked with,jauntily the way men go...

People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish t...

You might as well answer the door, my child,the truth is furiously knocking.

won't you celebrate with mewhat i have shaped intoa kind of life? i had no model.born in babylonboth...

The literature of America should reflect the children of America.