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

Lucille Clifton

Martha's review

Feb 10, 2024

really liked it

bookshelves: poetry

I didn’t know about this marvelous poet until I saw one of her poems quoted in another poet’s essays. Glad I found her—while not all of the poems in this collection fed my hunger, the ones that did brought light into some neglected corners of my mind.

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