LUCILLE CLIFTON, Former Poet Laureate Of Maryland: My name is Lucille Clifton. I was having lunch at Saint Mary's College in Maryland on September 11, when I watched on television the devastation of ...

Lucille Clifton, who died on February 13, relied on her subtle, extraordinary imagination to turn everyday words and commonplace constructions into unforgettable images and powerful poems. Sonnets, ...

The opening lines of one of Lucille Clifton’s best-known poems read: “Won’t you celebrate with me, what I have shaped into a kind of life? I had no model.” In life, Clifton was a prolific poet and ...