In spiritual meditations on 9-11, Lucille Clifton draws both on her own faith and other faith traditions to find hope.
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Remembering 9-11 in Poetry
On September 11, 2001 and for six days after, Lucille Clifton wrote a series of poems reflecting on the meaning of the attack.
Scraping One’s Knees on Jacob’s Ladder
Denise Levertov draws on the Jacob’s dream about a stairway to heaven to capture poetry’s transcendent qualities.
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