My Mama Moved Among the Days My Mama moved among the days like a dreamwalker in a field; seemed like what she touched was here seemed like what touched her couldn't hold, she got us almost through the high grass then seemed like she turned around and ran right back in right back on in
We cannot create what we can't imagine. - Lucille Clifton
We cannot create what we can't imagine.
- Lucille Clifton
won't you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. born in babylon both nonwhite and woman what did i see to be exce… - Lucille Clifton
won't you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. born in babylon both nonwhite and woman what did i see to be exce…
Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language. - Lucille Clifton
Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.
Say it clear, and it will be beautiful. - Lucille Clifton
Say it clear, and it will be beautiful.
What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else. - Lucille Clifton
What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.
In the bigger scheme of things the universe is not asking us to do something, the universe is asking us to be something. And that's a whole different… - Lucille Clifton
In the bigger scheme of things the universe is not asking us to do something, the universe is asking us to be something. And that's a whole different…
I write from my knowledge not my lack, from my strength not my weakness. I am not interested if anyone knows whether or not I am familiar with big wo… - Lucille Clifton
I write from my knowledge not my lack, from my strength not my weakness. I am not interested if anyone knows whether or not I am familiar with big wo…
You might as well answer the door, my child, the truth is furiously knocking. - Lucille Clifton
You might as well answer the door, my child, the truth is furiously knocking.
I do not feel inhibited or bound by what I am. That does not mean that I have never had bad scenes relating to being Black and/or a woman, it means t… - Lucille Clifton
I do not feel inhibited or bound by what I am. That does not mean that I have never had bad scenes relating to being Black and/or a woman, it means t…
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