clarkf87's review against another edition
4.0
“Blessing the Boats” by Lucille Clifton
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I purchased this book of poetry back in 2007 for a Women in Literature poetry class in college. She wrote my favorite poem of all time, “adam thinking.” I still go back and reread it every now and then, and I thought it was a good time to reread the whole collection.
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I purchased this book of poetry back in 2007 for a Women in Literature poetry class in college. She wrote my favorite poem of all time, “adam thinking.” I still go back and reread it every now and then, and I thought it was a good time to reread the whole collection.
snowmaiden's review against another edition
4.0
I’d read some Lucille Clifton poems through the years, but never this many at once. Her poetry is very honest and can be quite dark. I think I’ll come back to her again when I’m in the right mindset.
stephondrusek's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
raulbime's review against another edition
4.0
It's over a year since I discovered Lucille Clifton's work through [b:The Book of Light|454433|The Book of Light|Lucille Clifton|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328757896l/454433._SX50_.jpg|443019] which was a marvelous book of poetry, some of the poems from that book collected in this one, and continuing to read her words feels like salving. This collection spanning three decades is brilliant. A lot of the poems here deal with illness, loss and grief, others in celebration of life and its mysteries, a good collection of poems from a poet that's become a favourite.
moreadsabook's review
5.0
its incredible how mesmerized I was by lucille clinton's words. there were whole moments where I just lost myself in the words and I was just moving from poem to poem. sometimes I was rereading the same poem 4 or 5 times to feel it again and again. I need to own this collection 😭