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HOLY NIGHT by LUCILLE CLIFTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: JOSEPH, I AFRAID OF STARS
Last Line: JOSEPH, I SHINE, OH JOSEPH, OH %ILLUMINATED NIGHT
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; NIGHT;

Poem Sources:

A BOOK OF WOMEN POETS FROM ANTIQIUTY TO NOW. REVISED ED.
  BARNSTONE, ALIKI, & BARNSTONE, WILLIS
  (1992)
 
CHANGING LIGHT; THE ETERNAL CYCLE OF NIGHT AND DAY.
  GENDLER, J. RUTH (ED.)
  (1991)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF LITERATURE BY WOMEN. SECOND EDITION.
  GILBERT, SANDRA M. & GUBAR, SUSAN (EDS.)
  (1996)
 
VOICES OF LIGHT; SPIRITUAL & VISIONARY POEMS BY WOMEN FROM AROUND THE WORLD; FROM ANCIENT SUMERIA TO NOW.
  BARNSTONE, ALIKI (ED.)
  (1999)
 
GOOD WOMAN; POEMS AND A MEMOIR 1969-1980.
  CLIFTON, LUCILLE
  (1987)
 



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