Tag Archives: Lucille Clifton
Hurricane Sandy Poetry Initiative
December 11, 2012blessing the boats may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face of fear Lucille Clifton In the 2012-2013 school year, the Dodge Poetry in the Schools Program is directing … Continue reading
Poetry Fridays: In Memory of Lucille Clifton
February 19, 2010Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry When Lucille Clifton set out to be a poet she had no models to follow; the figures in the canon did not look or speak like her, did not have her stories to tell. She … Continue reading
Poetry Fridays: Published Yet?
October 2, 2009Khalil Murrell, Program Associate, Poetry Disregarding short bouts with writer’s block, I approach the daunting question posed by the blank page with greater ease and more tools—more colors in my poetic palate—than ever before. Much of this growth as a … Continue reading
Poetry Fridays: Lucille Clifton
April 17, 2009Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry LUCILLE CLIFTON has said, “I don’t write to be admired. I write to be understood.” Yet, when we hear her read “When” and “Sorrows,” it is impossible not to admire her. Take a moment to … Continue reading