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ON THE BIRTH OF BOMANI by LUCILLE CLIFTON

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First Line: WE HAVE TAKEN THE BEST LEAVES
Last Line: ART THAT MADE YOU FILL YOUR HEART
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; LOVE - CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; UNITED STATES - RACE RELATIONS; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Collected_Poems_of_Lucille_Clifton_1/Oy1aDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=clifton+%22We+have+taken+the+best+leaves%22&pg=PT162&printsec=frontcover


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