The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010.

Intro -- The Collected Poemsof Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Editors' Note -- Foreword: Lucille Clifton -- Early Uncollected Poems (1965-1969) -- black women -- old hundred -- the old availables have -- chan's dream -- from Dark Nursery Rhymes for a Dark Daughter -- 5/23/67 r.i.p. -- only too high is high enough -- the coming of x -- Conversation Overheard in a Graveyard -- sunday dinner -- my friend mary stone from oxford mississippi -- spring thought for thelma -- my mother teached me -- To Mama too late -- Dear Mama, -- Dear -- Dear -- plain as a baby -- Everytime i talk about -- satchmo -- for prissly -- the last Seminole is black -- a poem written for many moynihans -- the poet is thirty two -- quotations from aunt margaret brown -- daddy -- take somebody like me -- let them say -- good times (1969) -- in the inner city -- my mama moved among the days -- my daddy's fingers move among the couplers -- lane is the pretty one -- miss rosie -- robert -- the 1st -- running across to the lot -- still -- good times -- if i stand in my window -- stops -- the discoveries of fire -- those boys that ran together -- pity this poor animal -- the white boy -- the meeting after the savior gone -- for deLawd -- ca'line's prayer -- if he ask you was i laughing -- if something should happen -- generations -- love rejected -- tyrone (1) -- willie b (1) -- tyrone (2) -- willie b (2) -- tyrone (3) -- willie b (3) -- tyrone (4) -- willie b (4) -- buffalo war -- flowers -- pork chops -- now my first wife never did come out of her room -- the way it was -- admonitions -- good news about the earth (1972) -- about the earth -- after kent state -- being property once myself -- the way it was -- the lost baby poem -- later i'll say -- apology -- lately -- the '70s -- listen children -- driving through new england -- the news.

the bodies broken on -- song -- prayer -- heroes -- africa -- i am high on the man called crazy -- earth -- for the bird who flew against our window one morning and broke his natural neck -- God send easter -- so close -- wise: having the ability to perceive and adopt the best means for accomplishing an end. -- malcolm -- eldridge -- to bobby seale -- for her hiding place -- richard penniman -- daddy -- poem for my sisters -- the kind of man he is -- some jesus -- adam and eve -- cain -- moses -- solomon -- job -- daniel -- jonah -- john -- mary -- joseph -- the calling of the disciples -- the raising of lazarus -- palm sunday -- good friday -- easter sunday -- spring song -- Uncollected Poems (1973-1974) -- Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival -- All of Us Are All of Us -- an ordinary woman (1974) -- sisters -- in salem -- sisters -- leanna's poem -- on the birth of bomani -- salt -- a storm poem -- god's mood -- new bones -- harriet -- roots -- come home from the movies, -- to ms. ann -- my boys -- last note to my girls -- a visit to gettysburg -- monticello -- to a dark moses -- Kali -- this morning -- i agree with the leaves -- the lesson of the falling leaves -- i am running into a new year -- the coming of Kali -- she insists on me -- she understands me -- she is dreaming -- her love poem -- calming Kali -- i am not done yet -- the poet -- turning -- my poem -- lucy one-eye -- if mama -- i was born in a hotel, -- light -- cutting greens -- jackie robinson -- i went to the valley -- at last we killed the roaches. -- in the evenings -- breaklight -- some dreams hang in the air -- the carver -- let there be new flowering -- the thirty eighth year -- more than once. -- Uncollected Poems (ca. 1975) -- Anniversary -- November 1, 1975 -- "We Do Not Know Very Much About Lucille's Inner Life" -- two-headed woman (1980) -- homage to mine.

lucy and her girls -- i was born with twelve fingers -- homage to my hair -- homage to my hips -- what the mirror said -- there is a girl inside. -- to merle -- august the 12th -- on the death of allen's son -- speaking of loss -- to thelma who worried because i couldn't cook -- poem on my fortieth birthday to my mother who died young -- february 13, 1980 -- forgiving my father -- to the unborn and waiting children -- aunt agnes hatcher tells -- the once and future dead -- two-headed woman -- in this garden -- the making of poems -- new year -- sonora desert poem -- my friends -- wife -- i once knew a man -- angels -- conversation with my grandson, waiting to be conceived -- the mystery that surely is present -- the astrologer predicts at mary's birth -- anna speaks of the childhood of mary her daughter -- mary's dream -- how he is coming then -- holy night -- a song of mary -- island mary -- mary mary astonished by God -- for the blind -- for the mad -- for the lame -- for the mute -- God waits for the wandering world. -- the light that came to lucille clifton -- the light that came to lucille clifton -- testament -- incandescence -- mother, i am mad. -- perhaps -- explanations -- friends come -- to joan -- confession -- in populated air -- Next (1987) -- we are all next -- album -- winnie song -- there -- what spells raccoon to me -- this belief -- why some people be mad at me sometimes -- sorrow song -- l. at creation -- l. at gettysburg -- l. at nagasaki -- I. at jonestown -- atlantic is a sea of bones, -- cruelty. don't talk to me about cruelty -- the woman in the camp -- the lost women -- 4 daughters -- grown daughter -- here is another bone to pick with you -- female -- if our grandchild be a girl -- this is the tale -- my dream about being white -- my dream about the cows -- my dream about time -- my dream about falling.

my dream about the second coming -- my dream about God -- my dream about the poet -- morning mirror -- or next -- the death of crazy horse -- crazy horse names his daughter -- crazy horse instructs the young men but in their grief they forget -- the message of crazy horse -- the death of thelma sayles -- lives -- the message of thelma sayles -- the death of joanne c. -- enter my mother -- leukemia as white rabbit -- incantation -- chemotherapy -- she won't ever forgive me, -- the one in the next bed is dying. -- leukemia as dream/ritual -- the message of jo -- chorus: lucille -- the death of fred clifton -- "i'm going back to my true identity" -- my wife -- the message of fred clifton -- singing -- in white america -- shapeshifter poems -- california lessons -- quilting poems 1987-1990 -- quilting -- log cabin -- i am accused of tending to the past -- note to myself -- poem beginning in no and ending in yes -- february 11, 1990 -- at the cemetery, walnut grove plantation, south carolina, 1989 -- slave cabin, sotterly plantation, maryland, 1989 -- white lady -- memo -- reply -- whose side are you on? -- shooting star -- poem with rhyme in it -- eyes -- defending my tongue -- catalpa flower -- from the wisdom of sister brown -- the birth of language -- we are running -- what the grass knew -- nude photograph -- this is for the mice that live -- sleeping beauty -- a woman who loves -- man and wife -- poem in praise of menstruation -- peeping tom -- ways you are not like oedipus -- the killing of the trees -- questions and answers -- november 21, 1988 -- the beginning of the end of the world -- the last day -- eight-pointed star -- wild blessings -- somewhere -- when i stand around among poets -- water sign woman -- photograph -- grandma, we are poets -- december 7, 1989 -- to my friend, jerina -- lot's wife 1988 -- fat fat water rat -- poem to my uterus.

to my last period -- wishes for sons -- the mother's story -- in which i consider the fortunate deaf -- 4/25/89 late -- as he was dying -- night sound -- the spirit walks in -- after the reading -- moonchild -- tree of life -- oh where have you fallen to -- remembering the birth of lucifer -- whispered to lucifer -- eve's version -- lucifer understanding at last -- the garden of delight -- adam thinking -- eve thinking -- the story thus far -- lucifer speaks in his own voice -- prayer -- blessing the boats -- The Book of Light (1992) -- LIGHT -- reflection -- climbing -- june 20 -- daughters -- sam -- my lost father -- thel -- imagining bear -- c.c. rider -- 11/10 again -- she lived -- for roddy -- them and us -- the women you are accustomed to -- song at midnight -- won't you celebrate with me -- lightning bolt -- it was a dream -- each morning i pull myself -- here yet be dragons -- the yeti poet returns to his village to tell his story -- crabbing -- the earth is a living thing -- move -- samson predicts from gaza the philadelphia fire -- january 1991 -- dear jesse helms, -- if i should -- further note to clark -- begin here -- night vision -- fury -- cigarettes -- final note to clark -- note, passed to superman -- the rough weight of it -- splendor -- seeker of visions -- nothing about the moment -- atlas -- sarah's promise -- naomi watches as ruth sleeps -- cain -- leda 1 -- leda 2 -- leda 3 -- far memory -- brothers -- Uncollected Poems (1993) -- hometown 1993 -- ones like us -- The Terrible Stories (1996) -- telling our stories -- 1. A Dream of Foxes -- fox -- the coming of fox -- dear fox -- leaving fox -- one year later -- a dream of foxes -- 2. From the Cadaver -- amazons -- lumpectomy eve -- consulting the book of changes: radiation -- 1994 -- scar -- hag riding -- down the tram -- rust -- from the cadaver -- 3. A Term in Memphis.

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Landmark volume containing all of Lucille Clifton's published work and 55 previously unpublished poems. Foreword by Nobel Prize-winner Toni Morrison.

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