Quotes by Lucille Clifton

About Lucille Clifton:

Lucille Clifton was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Frequent topics in her poetry include the celebration of her African-American heritage, women's experience, and the female body.
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You might as well answer the door, my child, the truth is furiously knocking.

Lucille Clifton

The literature of America should reflect the children of America.

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 except myself? i made it up here on this bridge between starshine and clay, my one hand holding tight my ...

Lucille Clifton

the lost women I need to know their names those women I would have walked with, jauntily the way men go in groups swinging their arms, and the ones those sweating women whom I would have joined After a hard game to chew the fat what would we have cal...

Lucille Clifton

Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.

Lucille Clifton

People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.

Lucille Clifton

Author Bio

  • NameLucille Clifton
  • DescriptionAmerican poet
  • BornJune 27, 1936
  • DiedFebruary 13, 2010
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Author
  • AwardsNational Book Award