If we fail to take adequate measures to stave off catastrophic climate change, our children and grandchildren will see sea levels rise by three meters by the century’s end. Lucille Clifton has a poem that describes how they would regard us.
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Clifton & America’s Eviction Epidemic
The United States at the moment is going through an eviction epidemic–which brings to mind a powerfully simple Lucille Clifton poem about an evicted family.
Lucille Clifton’s Song of Myself
Lucille Clifton’s Whitmanesque “won’t you come celebrate with me” will inspire anyone who has gone through hard times.
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Black Students Find Strength thru Clifton
Our college last night held a celebration of the poetry of Lucille Clifton, who taught for 16 years here. A particularly powerful moment occurred when two African American students read Clifton poems and explained how they drew strength from them.
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God’s Patience Is His Promise
This simple Lucille Clifton poem expresses a quiet confidence in God’s love.
Daniel’s Vision of Indestructible Kingship
The versions of the Prophet Daniel depicted by Richard Wilton and Lucille Clifton have a commonality despite their differences.
Clifton, Abortion, & Respecting Women
Shock strategies by anti-abortionists may work on Congress but are less likely to work on women. As the body poems of Lucille Clifton demonstrate, women already know much more about their bodies than Congressmen do.
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Trump, Lucille Clifton, & Menstruation
Donald Trump assumed that Fox’s Megyn Kelly was menstruating when she aggressively asked him questions. Aside from his sexism, we should listen to Lucille Clifton, who points out how impressively women function even when they are having their periods.
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