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Joy and Hope and All That: A Tribute to Lucille Clifton

summer song

After “spring song” by Lucille Clifton

 

(on thunder)

Why would you trust anything
that disturbed your little dog’s
loyal heart? Why would you trust
a sound that comes
before a bomb-blasted wall
or roof, or a door slammed
after a fight? How
do you trust a sound
that visits before a wound?

(on urchins)

I can’t remember
if they even have eyes
or a nose, or if every spike
is a combination of both?
They’re the ones
we’ve always been warned
to avoid and because I was
a very good girl, I did.

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Oceanic (Copper Canyon 2018) ...
Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Oceanic (Copper Canyon 2018). Her honors include a Pushcart Prize and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her collection of nature essays is forthcoming from Milkweed Editions and she is professor of English in The University of Mississippi’s MFA program.

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