“Every pair of eyes facing you has probably experienced something you could not endure.”
from Wikipedia:
Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936, Depew, New York – February 13, 2010,Baltimore, Maryland)[1] was an American poet, writer, and educator fromBuffalo, New York.[2][3][4] From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Frequent topics in her poetry include the celebration of her African-American heritage, women's experience, and the female body.
She was also nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
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