Clifton’s poem on the Sonora Desert does a deep dive into cactus symbolism
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Clifton, the Sonora Desert, & Resilience
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A Coal Poem for Attorney Woo
In an episode of “Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” we encounter a poem about charcoal and selflessness.
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i beg what i love and leave to forgive me
Yom Kippur is a day to ask for forgiveness so that we may leave our sins behind and begin a new. In that respect, this Clifton poem works as a Yom Kippur poem.
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Butler’s Nightmare Climate Change Vision
In “Parable of the Sower,” Butler foresees the human toll of climate change but also looks for hope in our response.
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Clifton’s Spiritual Meditations on 9-11
In spiritual meditations on 9-11, Lucille Clifton draws both on her own faith and other faith traditions to find hope.
Gun Violence and Armageddon
Wednesday This past Sunday I shared a number of poems from Lucille Clifton’s Book of Days to reflect on how Christian nationalists, many of them wielding weapons of war, work against Jesus’s goal to bring the kingdom of God to Earth. One poem from the collection particularly stands out in the wake of the mass […]
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Thy Will Be Done on Earth
Lucille Clifton’s final book of poems call out some of the blindnesses of Christian fundamentalists.
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Dancing in the Face of Darkness
In “Evening Sun,” poet Kenyon remembers a life-affirming moment as a child that would bolster her as an adult.
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Join in the Joyful Symphony
Two Palm Sunday poems, by Lucille Clifton and Henry Vaughan, emphasize the vegetation imagery.
