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LUCILLE CLIFTON

Poet Analysis

Poems found: 613

1. AT GETTYSBURG

1. AT JONESTOWN

1. AT NAGASAKI

11/10 AGAIN

1994

1ST

20-Jun

4 DAUGHTERS

4/40/92; FOR RODNEY KING

70'S

A DREAM OF FOXES

A SONG OF MARY

A STORY FOR EDGAR

A VISIT TO GETTYSBURG

ADAM AND EVE

ADAM THINKING

ADMONITIONS

ADMONITIONS

AFRICA

AFRICA

AFTER KENT STATE

AFTER KENT STATE

AFTER OZ

AFTER THE FLOOD

AFTERBLUES

ALABAMA: 9/15/63

ALABAMA: 9/15/63

ALBUM

ALBUM

AMAZONS

AMAZONS

ANGELS

ANNA SPEAKS OF THE CHILDHOOD OF MARY HER DAUGHTER

ANNA SPEAKS OF THE CHILDHOOD OF MARY HER DAUGHTER

APOLOGY

APOLOGY (TO THE PANTHERS)

ASTROLOGER PREDICTS AT MARY'S BIRTH

AT LAST WE KILLED THE ROACHES

AT LAST WE KILLED THE ROACHES

AT THE CEMETERY, WALNUT GROVE PLANTATION, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1989

AT THE CEMETERY, WALNUT GROVE PLANTATION, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1989

ATLANTIC IS A SEA OF BONES

ATLAS

AUCTION STREET

AUCTION STREET

AUGUST

AUGUST THE 12TH

AUNT AGNES HATCHER TELLS

AUNT JEMIMA

€ŒOH ANTIC GOD€?

BATHSHEBA

BATHSHEBA

BEING PROPERTY ONCE MYSELF

BEING PROPERTY ONCE MYSELF

BELOVED

BIRTH OF LANGUAGE

BIRTHDAY 1999

BLAKE

BLAKE

BLESSING THE BOATS

BLESSING THE BOATS (AT SAINT MARY'S)

BLESSING THE BOATS (AT ST. MARY'S)

BLOOD

BODIES BROKEN ON

BREAKLIGHT

BREAKLIGHT

BROTHERS

BROTHERS: 1. INVITATION

BROTHERS: 2. HOW GREAT THOU ART

BROTHERS: 3. AS FOR MYSELF

BROTHERS: 4. IN MY OWN DEFENSE

BROTHERS: 5. THE ROAD LED FROM DELIGHT

BROTHERS: 6. 'THE SILENCE OF GOD IS GOD.'

BROTHERS: 7. STILL THERE IS MERCY, THERE IS GRACE

BROTHERS: 8. '............IS GOD.'

BUFFALO WAR

C.C. RIDER

CA'LINE'S PRAYER

CA'LINE'S PRAYER

CAIN

CAIN

CAIN

CALIFORNIA LESSONS, SELS.

CALLING OF THE DISCIPLES

CALMING KALI

CALMING KALI

CARVER

CHEMOTHERAPY

CHORUS: LUCILLE

CIGARETTES

CLIMBING

COME HOME FROM THE MOVIES

COME HOME FROM THE MOVIES

COMING OF FOX

COMING OF KALI

CONFESSION

CONSULTING THE BOK OF CHANGES: RADIATION

CONVERSATION WITH MY GRANDSON, WAITING TO BE CONCEIVED

CRABBING

CRAZY HORSE INSTRUCTS THE YOUNG MEN BUT IN THEIR GRIEF

CRAZY HORSE NAMES HIS DAUGHTER

CRUELTY, DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT CRUELTY

CRUELTY, DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT CRUELTY

CUTTING GREENS

CUTTING GREENS

DADDY

DADDY

DANCER

DANIEL

DANIEL

DAUGHTERS

DAVID HAS SLAIN HIS TEN THOUSANDS

DAVID, MUSING

DEAR FOX

DEAR FOX

DEAR JESSE HELMS

DEATH OF CRAZY HORSE

DEATH OF FRED CLIFTON

DEATH OF JOANNE C.

DEATH OF THELMA SAYLES

DECEMBER

DIALYSIS

DISCOVERIES OF FIRE

DONOR

DOWN THE TRAM

DREAM OF FOXES

DRIVING THROUGH NEW ENGLAND

EACH MORNING I PULL MYSELF

EARTH

EASTER SUNDAY

EASTER SUNDAY

ELDRIDGE

ELDRIDGE

ENEMIES

ENTER MY MOTHER

ENTERING THE SOUTH

ENTERING THE SOUTH

EVE THINKING

EVE'S VERSION

EVENING AND MY DEAD ONCE HUSBAND

EVERETT ANDERSON'S FRIEND

EVERETT ANDERSON'S FRIEND

EXPLANATIONS

EYES

FAR MEMORY

FAR MEMORY: 1. CONVENT

FAR MEMORY: 2. SOMEONE INSIDE ME REMEMBERS

FAR MEMORY: 3. AGAIN

FAR MEMORY: 4. TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS LIFE

FAR MEMORY: 5. SINNERMAN

FAR MEMORY: 6. KARMA

FAR MEMORY: 7. GLORIA MUNDI

FEBRUARY 13,1980

FEBRUARY 13,1980

FEMALE

FINAL NOTE TO CLARK

FLOWERS

FLOWERS

FOR DELAWD

FOR DELAWD

FOR HER HIDING PLACE

FOR HER HIDING PLACE

FOR RODDY

FOR THE BIRD WHO FLEW AGAINST OUR WINDOW ONE MORNING

FOR THE BIRD WHO FLEW AGAINST OUR WINDOW ONE MORNING

FOR THE BLIND

FOR THE LAME

FOR THE MAD

FOR THE MAD

FOR THE MUTE

FORGIVING MY FATHER

FORGIVING MY FATHER

FOX

FOX

FRIDAY WAITING FOR MOM

FRIDAY WAITING FOR MOM

FRIENDS COME

FROM THE CADAVER

FURTHER NOTE TO CLARK

FURY; FOR MAMA

GARDEN OF DELIGHT

GENERATIONS

GENERATIONS

GOD SEND EASTER

GOD SEND EASTER

GOD WAITS FOR THE WANDERING WORLD

GOD WAITS FOR THE WANDERING WORLD

GOD'S MOOD

GOD'S MOOD

GOOD FRIDAY

GOOD FRIDAY

GOOD TIMES

GOOD TIMES

GOOD TIMES

GOOD WOMAN: POEMS AND A MEMOIR

GRIEF

GROWN DAUGHTER

HAG RIDING

HAG RIDING

HARRIET

HARRIET

HEAVEN

HEAVEN

HER LOVE POEM

HERE IS ANOTHER BONE TO PICK WITH YOU

HERE RESTS

HERE RESTS

HERE YET BE DRAGONS

HERE YET BE DRAGONS

HOLY NIGHT

HOLY NIGHT

HOMAGE TO MY HAIR

HOMAGE TO MY HAIR

HOMAGE TO MY HIPS

HOMAGE TO MY HIPS

HOW IS HE COMING THEN

I AM ACCUSED OF TENDING TO THE PAST

I AM ACCUSED OF TENDING TO THE PAST

I AM HIGH ON THE MAN CALLED CRAZY

I AM HIGH ON THE MAN CALLED CRAZY

I AM NOT DONE YET

I AM RUNNING INTO A NEW YEAR

I AM RUNNING INTO A NEW YEAR

I ONCE KNEW A MAN WHO HAD WILD HORSES KILLED

I ONCE KNEW A MAN WHO HAD WILD HORSES KILLED

I TAKE MY GLASSES OFF

I WAS BORN IN A HOTEL

I WAS BORN IN A HOTEL

I WAS BORN WITH TWELVE FINGERS

I WAS BORN WITH TWELVE FINGERS

I WENT TO THE VALLEY

I'M GOING BACK TO MY TRUE IDENTITY

I. AT CREATION

IF HE ASK YOU WAS I LAUGHING

IF I SHOULD (TO CLARK KENT)

IF I STAND IN MY WINDOW

IF I STAND IN MY WINDOW

IF MAMA

IF MAMA

IF OUR GRANDCHILD BE A GIRL

IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN

IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN

IMAGINING BEAR; FOR ALONZO MOORE SR.

IN 1841 WASHOE CHILDREN

IN POPULATED AIR

IN POPULATED AIR

IN SALEM

IN THE EVENINGS

IN THE EVENINGS

IN THE INNER CITY

IN THE INNER CITY

IN THE MEANTIME

IN THE MIRROR

IN THE SAME WEEK

IN THIS GARDEN

IN WHITE AMERICA, SELS.

INCANDESCENCE

INCANTATION

ISLAND MARY

ISLAND MARY

IT WAS A DREAM

JACKIE ROBINSON

JACKIE ROBINSON

JANUARY 1991

JASPER TEXAS 1998

JASPER TEXAS: 1988

JOB

JOHN

JOHN

JOHN

JONAH

JOSEPH

JOSEPH

JUNE 20TH

KALI

KIND OF MAN HE IS

KITCHEN

LANE IS THE PRETTY ONE

LAST NOTE TO MY GIRLS

LAST NOTE TO MY GIRLS

LATELY

LATER I'LL SAY

LATER I'LL SAY

LAZARUS

LAZARUS: FIRST DAY

LAZARUS: SECOND DAY

LAZARUS: THIRD DAY

LEANNA'S POEM

LEAVING FOX

LEAVING FOX

LEDA 2: A NOTE ON VISITATIONS

LEDA 3: A PERSONAL NOTE (RE: VISITATIONS)

LEDA: 1

LEE

LEE

LET THERE BE NEW FLOWERING

LET THERE BE NEW FLOWERING

LEUKEMIA AS DREAM RITUAL

LEUKEMIA AS DREAM RITUAL

LEUKEMIA AS WHITE RABBIT

LIBATION

LIGHT

LIGHT THAT CAME TO LUCILLE CLIFTON

LISTEN CHILDREN

LISTEN CHILDREN

LIVES

LORENA

LORENA

LOST BABY POEM

LOST WOMEN

LOT'S WIFE: 1988

LOVE REJECTED

LOVE REJECTED

LUCIFER SPEAKS IN HIS OWN VOICE

LUCIFER UNDERSTANDING AT LAST

LUCY AND HER GIRLS

LUCY AND HER GIRLS

LUCY ONE-EYE

LUCY ONE-EYE

LUMPECTOMY EVE

LUMPECTOMY EVE

MAKING OF POEMS

MALCOLM

MALCOLM

MARY

MARY

MARY MARY ASTONISHED BY GOD

MARY'S DREAM

MARY'S DREAM

MEETING AFTER THE SAVIOR GONE

MEMORY

MEMPHIS

MERCY

MERCY

MESSAGE OF CRAZY HORSE

MESSAGE OF FRED CLIFTON

MESSAGE OF JO

MESSAGE OF THELMA SAYLES

MISS ROSIE

MISS ROSIE

MISSISSIPPI RIVER EMPTIES INTO THE GULF

MONTICELLO

MOON CHILD

MOONCHILD

MORNING MIRROR

MOSES

MOSES

MOTHER, I AM MAD

MOVE

MULBERRY FIELDS

MY BOYS

MY DADDY'S FINGERS MOVE AMONG THE COUPLERS

MY DADDY'S FINGERS MOVE AMONG THE COUPLERS

MY DREAM ABOUT BEING WHITE

MY DREAM ABOUT BEING WHITE

MY DREAM ABOUT FALLING

MY DREAM ABOUT GOD

MY DREAM ABOUT THE COWS

MY DREAM ABOUT THE POET

MY DREAM ABOUT THE SECOND COMING

MY DREAM ABOUT THE SECOND COMING

MY DREAM ABOUT TIME

MY DREAM ABOUT TIME

MY FRIENDS

MY FRIENDS

MY LOST FATHER

MY MAMA MOVED AMONG THE DAYS

MY MAMA MOVED AMONG THE DAYS

MY NATURAL MAMA

MY POEM

MY POEM

MY SANCTIFIED GRANDMOTHER

MY WIFE

MYSTERY THAT SURELY IS PRESENT

NAOMI WATCHES AS RUTH SLEEPS

NEW BONES

NEW BONES

NEW YEAR

NEWS

NIGHT VISION

NOTE FROM MEMPHIS

NOTE PASSED TO SUPERMAN

NOTHING ABOUT THE MOMENT

NOW MY FIRST WIFE NEVER DID COME OUT OF HER ROOM

OH ABSOLAM MY SON MY SON

OH ABSOLAM MY SON MY SON

OH WHERE HAVE YOU FALLEN

OLD MAN RIVER

ON THE BIRTH OF BOMANI

ON THE BIRTH OF BOMANI

ON THE DEATH OF ALLEN'S SON

ONCE AND FUTURE DEAD

ONE IN THE NEXT BED IS DYING

ONE YEAR LATER

ONE YEAR LATER

PALM SUNDAY

PALM SUNDAY

PEEPING TOM

PERHAPS

PERHAPS

PHOTOGRAPH

PHOTOGRAPH: THE LYNCHING

PITY THIS POOR ANIMAL

PITY THIS POOR ANIMAL

POEM BEGINNING IN NO AND ENDING IN YES

POEM FOR MY SISTERS

POEM IN PRAISE OF MENSTRUATION

POEM IN PRAISE OF MENSTRUATION

POEM ON MY FORTIETH BIRTHDAY TO MY MOTHER WHO DIED YOUNG

POEM ON MY FORTIETH BIRTHDAY TO MY MOTHER WHO DIED YOUNG

POEM TO MY UTERUS

POET

PORK CHOPS

POWELL - MARCH 1991

PRAISE SONG

PRAYER

PROPHET

QUILTING

RAISING OF LAZARUS

REMEMBERING THE BIRTH OF LUCIFER

REPLY

REPORT FROM THE ANGEL OF EDEN

RICHARD PENNIMAN

ROBERT

ROBERT

ROOTS

ROOTS

RUNNING ACROSS TO THE LOT

RUST

RUST

SALT

SALT

SAM

SAM

SAMSON PREDICTS FROM GAZA THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE

SARAH'S PROMISE

SCAR

SEPTEMBER'S SONG, A POEM IN SEVEN DAYS

SHADOWS

SHAPESHIFTER POEMS

SHAPESHIFTER POEMS (1)

SHAPESHIFTER POEMS (2)

SHAPESHIFTER POEMS (3)

SHAPESHIFTER POEMS (4)

SHE INSISTS ON ME

SHE IS DREAMING

SHE LIVED

SHE UNDERSTANDS ME

SHE UNDERSTANDS ME

SHE WON'T EVER FORGIVE ME

SIGNS

SIGNS

SISTERS

SISTERS

SLAVESHIPS

SLAVESHIPS

SLEEPING BEAUTY

SO CLOSE

SOLOMON

SOLOMON

SOME DREAMS HANG IN THE AIR

SOME DREAMS HANG IN THE AIR

SON OF JESSE

SON OF MEDGAR

SONG

SONG

SONG AT MIDNIGHT

SONG OF MARY

SONORA DESERT POEM

SONORA DESERT POEM

SORROW SONG

SORROW SONG

SORROWS

SPEAKING OF LOSS

SPEAKING OF LOSS

SPRING SONG

SPRING SONG

STILL

STILL

STONES AND BONES

STONES AND BONES

STOP

STOPS

STOPS

STORM POEM

STORY THUS FAR

STUDY THE MASTERS

STUDY THE MASTERS

TELLING OUR STORIES

TELLING OUR STORIES

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: A MEDITATION

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: A MEDITATION

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: CATCHING THE OX

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: CATCHING THE OX

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: COMING HOME ON THE OX'S BACK

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: END OF MEDITATION

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: ENTERING THE CITY WITH BLISS-BESTOWING HANDS

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: ENTERING THE CITY WITH BLISS-BESTOWING HANDS

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: HERDING THE OX

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: HERDING THE OX

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: RETURNING TO THE ORIGIN, BACK TO THE SOURCE

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: RETURNING TO THE ORIGIN, BACK TO THE SOURCE

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: SEARCHING FOR THE OX

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: SEARCHING FOR THE OX

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: SEEING THE OX

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: SEEING THE OX

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: SEEING THE TRACES

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: SEEING THE TRACES

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: THE OX AND THE MAN BOTH GONE OUT OF SIGHT

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: THE OX AND THE MAN BOTH GONE OUT OF SIGHT

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: THE OX FORGOTTEN, LEAVING THE MAN ALONE

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: THE OX FORGOTTEN, LEAVING THE MAN ALONE

TESTAMENT

THE 1ST

THE ASTROLOGER PREDICTS AT MARY'S BIRTH

THE BODIES BROKEN ON

THE COMING OF FOX

THE COMING OF KALI

THE DEATH OF CRAZY HORSE

THE EARTH IS A LIVING THING

THE GARDEN OF DELIGHT

THE KILLING OF THE TREES

THE LIGHT THAT CAME TO LUCILLE CLIFTON

THE LOST BABY POEM

THE LOST WOMEN

THE MAKING OF POEMS

THE MEETING AFTER THE SAVIOR GONE

THE MESSAGE OF CRAZY HORSE

THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EMPTIES INTO THE GULF

THE PHOTOGRAPH: THE LYNCHING

THE POET

THE PROPHET

THE RAISING OF LAZARUS

THE ROUGH WEIGHT OF IT

THE SON OF MEDGAR / WILL SOON BE / OLDER THAN MEDGAR

THE STORY THE SHEPHERD TELLS THE SHEEP

THE THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR

THE TIMES

THE WAY IT WAS

THE WHITE BOY

THE WOMEN YOU ARE ACCUSTOMED TO

THE WOMEN YOU ARE ACCUSTOMED TO

THE YETI POET RETURNS TO HIS VILLAGE TO TELL HIS STORY

THEL

THEM AND US

THERE

THERE IS A GIRL INSIDE

THERE IS A GIRL INSIDE

THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR

THIS

THIS BELIEF

THIS IS THE TALE

THIS MORNING

THOSE BOYS THAT RAN TOGETHER

THOSE BOYS THAT RAN TOGETHER

THURSDAY EVENING BEDTIME

THURSDAY EVENING BEDTIME

TIMES

TO A DARK MOSES

TO A DARK MOSES

TO BOBBY SEALE

TO BOBBY SEALE

TO JOAN

TO MERLE

TO MICHAL

TO MICHAL

TO MS. ANN

TO MS. ANN

TO MY FRIEND, JERINA

TO MY LAST PERIOD

TO THE UNBORN AND WAITING CHILDREN

TO THE UNBORN AND WAITING CHILDREN

TO THELMA WHO WORRIED BECAUSE I COULDN'T COOK

TURNING

TURNING

TYRONE (1)

TYRONE (2)

TYRONE (3)

TYRONE (4)

UNTITLED

VISIT TO GETTYSBURG

WALNUT GROVE

WAY IT WAS

WAY IT WAS

WHAT COMES AFTER THIS

WHAT DID SHE KNOW, WHEN DID SHE KNOW IT

WHAT DID SHE KNOW, WHEN DID SHE KNOW IT

WHAT HAUNTS HIM

WHAT I THINK WHEN I RIDE THE TRAIN

WHAT MANNER OF MAN

WHAT SPELLS RACCOON TO ME

WHAT THE MIRROR SAID

WHAT THE MIRROR SAID

WHISPERED TO LUCIFER

WHITE BOY

WHITE LADY

WHITE LADY

WHY SOME PEOPLE BE MAD AT ME SOMETIMES

WIFE

WIFE

WILD BLESSINGS

WILLIE B (1)

WILLIE B (2)

WILLIE B (3)

WILLIE B (4)

WINNIE SONG

WISE: HAVING THE ABILITY TO PERCEIVE AND ADOPT THE BEST

WISE: HAVING THE ABILITY TO PERCEIVE AND ADOPT THE BEST

WISHES FOR SONS

WISHES FOR SONS

WOMAN IN THE CAMP

WON'T YOU CELEBRATE WITH ME

[IF MAMA / COULD SEE]



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