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Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1988-2000 by Lucille Clifton

lunabbly's review against another edition

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5.0

Phew. This was my first time reading Lucille Clifton, I had never studied her in school so I feel really lucky to have gotten a copy from the library. The amount of emotion in such brief, concise words and poetic patterns (note, I'm not a poet) just really hits you hard. Highly recommend.

I especially loved "poem in praise of menstruation" -- I think it's rare to find something so beautiful and short about menstruating.

stefhyena's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely amazing poetry. Says so much so succinctly. I didn't like every poem but I found every poem caused a small revolution in my brain and I loved some of them for it.

vbjohanna's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

jmbz38's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

3.25

xhallie25's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

talypollywaly's review against another edition

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challenging reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

aflaine's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.0

maevefinn's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

ida_ree's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Lucille Clifton had a gift for packing a lot of punch into a few words. Powerful poems here.

lavender_ani's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad

5.0