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In 1980, Clifton published "homage to my hips" in her book of poems, Two-Headed Woman. Two-Headed Woman won the 1980 Juniper Prize and was characterized by its "dramatic tautness, simple language … tributes to blackness, [and] celebrations of women", which are all traits reflected in the poem "homage to my hips". [15]
The FFPC held a tribute to the late poet Lucille Clifton, a prestigious Black female writer and a recipient of the 2000 National Book Award for Poetry. The event was also another partnership with an outside organization, Virginia Tech Steger Poetry Prize. Director Joanne Gabbin personally worked with Nikki Giovanni to plan this tribute.
Smothers sings "Helping", a poem by Shel Silverstein. Thomas talks to children about having a sibling, then the Voices of East Harlem perform "Sisters and Brothers." Tyson reads "Three Wishes" by Lucille Clifton, a folktale about a girl who gets three wishes after finding a penny with her birth year on New Year's Day.
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This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ... (poet) Ai (poet) Yolo Akili; ... Lucille Clifton; Michelle T. Clinton;
Ahead, literary icons give their two cents on the day’s dawn (oh, E.B. White, we love the way you think: “But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to ...
An American poet, whose work serves as an inspiration for Major, comparably examined family life, gender, and racism. Clifton attended Howard University from 1953 to 1955 and graduated from Fredonia State Teachers College in 1955. Her expressive and powerful work in poetry named her poet laureate of Maryland from 1979 to 1985.
Drawing shows a woman representing Florida laying on the ground in the clutches of a monster labeled "Yellow Jack." Columbia, wearing a phrygian cap, stands above them, one arm upraised in a call ...