| Description |
1 online resource (282 pages) |
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American Poets Continuum ; v. No. 14 |
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American Poets Continuum
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| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; good times; in the inner city; my mama moved among the days; my daddy's fingers move among the couplers; lane is the pretty one; miss rosie; robert; the 1st; running across to the lot; still; good times; if i stand in my window; stops; the discoveries of fire; those boys that ran together; pity this poor animal; the white boy; the meeting after the savior gone; for deLawd; ca'line's prayer; if he ask you was i laughing; if something should happen; generations; love rejected; tyrone (1); willie b (1); tyrone (2); willie b (2); tyrone (3) |
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Willie b (3)tyrone (4); willie b (4); buffalo war; flowers; pork chops; now my first wife never did come out of her room; the way it was; admonitions; good news about the earth; about the earth; after kent state; being property once myself; the way it was; the lost baby poem; later i'll say; apology; lately; the '70s; listen children; driving through new england; the news; the bodies broken on; song; prayer; heroes; africa; i am high on the man called crazy; earth; for the bird who flew against our window one morning and broke his natural neck; God send easter; so close |
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Wise: having the ability to perceive and adopt the best means for accomplishing an endmalcolm; eldridge; to bobby seale; for her hiding place; richard penniman; daddy; poem for my sisters; the kind of man he is; some jesus; adam and eve; cain; moses; solomon; job; daniel; jonah; john; mary; joseph; the calling of the disciples; the raising of lazarus; palm sunday; good friday; easter sunday; spring song; an ordinary woman; sisters; in salem; sisters; leanna's poem; on the birth of bomani; salt; a storm poem; God's mood; new bones; harriet; roots; come home from the movies; to ms. ann; my boys |
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Last note to my girlsa visit to gettysburg; monticello; to a dark moses; Kali; this morning; i agree with the leaves; the lesson of the falling leaves; i am running into a new year; the coming of Kali; she insists on me; she understands me; she is dreaming; her love poem; calming Kali; i am not done yet; the poet; turning; my poem; lucy one-eye; if mama; i was born in a hotel; light; cutting greens; jackie robinson; i went to the valley; at last we killed the roaches; in the evenings; breaklight; some dreams hang in the air; the carver; let there be new flowering; the thirty eighth year |
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Two-headed womanhomage to mine; lucy and her girls; i was born with twelve fingers; homage to my hair; homage to my hips; what the mirror said; there is a girl inside; to merle; august the 12th; on the death of alien's son; speaking of loss; to thelma who worried because i couldn't cook; poem on my fortieth birthday to my mother who died young; february 13, 1980; forgiving my father; to the unborn and waiting children; aunt agnes hatcher tells; the once and future dead; two-headed woman; in this garden; the making of poems; new year; sonora desert poem; my friends; wife; i once knew a man |
| Summary |
A deluxe eBook edition of Lucille Clifton's landmark Pulitzer-nominated poetry anthology and memoir |
| Notes |
Angels |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Poetry
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African American women -- Poetry
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African American women
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African Americans
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781942683575 |
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194268357X |
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