How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton by Lucille Clifton, Aracelis Girmay

How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton

Lucille Clifton, Aracelis Girmay

200 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Edited with a Foreword by Aracelis Girmay, How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton celebrates famous poems and shines light on lesser-known poems by poet―and national treasure―Lucille Clifton (1936–2010).Lucille Clifton’s poetry defi...

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Moods

reflective 100%
emotional 75%
challenging 62%
dark 62%
hopeful 50%
inspiring 50%
funny 37%
sad 25%
tense 25%
informative 12%
mysterious 12%
relaxing 12%

Pace

medium 50%
slow 37%
fast 12%

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4.61

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