by Lucille Clifton
American Poets Continuum Series
Winner of the 2000 National Book Award for Poetry, Blessing the Boats: New
and
Selected Poems 1988-2000 is the culminating achievement of Lucille's Clifton
longstanding poetry career.
This
long-awaited collection by one of the most distinguished poets
writing today includes poems written during the past four years
as well as generous selections from Lucille Clifton's award-winning
collections Next: New Poems, Quilting and The Terrible
Stories. Clifton employs brilliantly honed language, stunning
images and sharp rhythms to address the whole of human experience.
Hers is a poetry that is passionate and wise, not afraid to confront
our most salient issues.
donor
to lex
when
they tell me that my body
might
reject
i think
of thirty years ago
and
the hangers i shoved inside
hard
trying not to have you.
i think
of the pills, the everything
i gathered
against your
inconvenient
bulge; and you
my
stubborn baby child,
hunched
there in the dark
refusing
my refusal.
suppose
my body does say no
to
yours. again, again i feel you
buckled
in despite me, lex,
fastened
to life like the frown
on
an angel's brow.
©
BOA Editions, Ltd 2000
Available editions:
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Cloth
ISBN: 1-880238-87-X
Price: $25.00
Publishing Date: March 2000
Paperback
ISBN: 1-880238-88-8
Price: $17.00
Publishing Date: March 2000
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