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Classic and Contemporary Poetry

1994 by LUCILLE CLIFTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: I WAS LEAVING MY FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR
Last Line: FROM YOUR OWN SHIVERING LIFE
Subject(s): AFFLICTION; BREASTS; CANCER, BREAST; WOMEN;

Poem Sources:

THE TERRIBLE STORIES.
  CLIFTON, LUCILLE
  (1996)
 
BLESSING THE BOATS; NEW AND SELECTED POEMS 1988-2000.
  CLIFTON, LUCILLE
  (2000)
 



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