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A review by hanamarma
The Book of Light by Lucille Clifton
4.0
Clifton delivers graceful and powerful poetry in this book, as I have come to expect from her work. She draws from myth and Bible, comic book and news headlines and cultural icons, to bring the reader into her world, into understanding and communion with her:
born in babylon
both nonwhite and woman
what did i see to be except myself?
(from "song at midnight")
My favorite poem in this collection must be "the earth is a living thing." I also was gut-punched, in the best possible way, by "daughter" and "move" and "begin here."
born in babylon
both nonwhite and woman
what did i see to be except myself?
(from "song at midnight")
My favorite poem in this collection must be "the earth is a living thing." I also was gut-punched, in the best possible way, by "daughter" and "move" and "begin here."