Clifton, Lucille 2004
Friday, May 12, 2004
she will continue for over
thirty years emptying and
filling sistering the moon
on its wild ride
– Lucille Clifton, “blood”
Broadside of “blood” by Lucille Clifton
Listen to Lucille Clifton’s 2004 reading for the Poetry Center of Chicago:
curling them around
i hold their bodies in obscene embrace
thinking of everything but kinship.
– Lucille Clifton, “cutting greens”
Buy an audio recording including part of this reading below⇓
Audio recording of the Poetry Center Reading Series featuring Billy Collins, Andrei Codrescu, Ron Padgett, Lucille Clifton, Mark Perlberg, Li-Young Lee, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Anne Waldman, Yusuf Komunyakaa, Lisel Mueller, Ted Kooser, Paul Carroll, Jorie Graham, and Paul Hoover.
