Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir: 1969-1980.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clifton, Lucille

Series:

American poets continuum series ; Volume 14.

American poets continuum series ; Volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Poetry.

African Americans.

African American women poets.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Rochester : BOA Editions, Ltd., 1987.

Summary:

A deluxe eBook edition of Lucille Clifton's landmark Pulitzer-nominated poetry anthology and memoir.

Contents:

Front Cover

Selected Books by Lucille Clifton

Title Page

Copyright

Table of Contents

Foreword

Good Times

in the inner city

my mama moved among the days

my daddy's fingers move among the couplers

lane is the pretty one

miss rosie

robert

the 1st

running across to the lot

still

good times

if i stand in my window

stops

the discoveries of fire

those boys that ran together

pity this poor animal

the white boy

the meeting after the savior gone

for deLawd

ca'line's prayer

if he ask you was i laughing

if something should happen

generations

love rejected

tyrone (1)

willie b (1)

tyrone (2)

willie b (2)

tyrone (3)

willie b (3)

tyrone (4)

willie b (4)

buffalo war

flowers

pork chops

now my first wife never did come out of her room

the way it was

admonitions

good news about the earth

about the earth

after kent state

being property once myself

the lost baby poem

later i'll say

apology

lately

the '70s

listen children

driving through new england

the news

the bodies broken on

song

prayer

heroes

africa

i am high on the man called crazy

earth

for the bird who flew against our window one morning and broke his natural neck

God send easter

so close

wise: having the ability to perceive and adopt the best means for accomplishing an end

malcolm

eldridge

to bobby seale

for her hiding place

richard penniman

daddy

poem for my sisters

the kind of man he is

some jesus

adam and eve

cain

moses

solomon

job

daniel

jonah

john

mary

joseph

the calling of the disciples

the raising of lazarus

palm sunday

good friday

easter sunday

spring song

an ordinary woman

sisters

in salem

sisters.

leanna's poem

on the birth of bomani

salt

a storm poem

God's mood

new bones

harriet

roots

come home from the movies

to ms. ann

my boys

last note to my girls

a visit to gettysburg

monticello

to a dark moses

Kali

this morning

i agree with the leaves

the lesson of the falling leaves

i am running into a new year

the coming of Kali

she insists on me

she understands me

she is dreaming

her love poem

calming Kali

i am not done yet

the poet

turning

my poem

lucy one-eye

if mama

i was born in a hotel

light

cutting greens

jackie robinson

i went to the valley

at last we killed the roaches

in the evenings

breaklight

some dreams hang in the air

the carver

let there be new flowerings

the thirty eighth year

two-headed woman

homage to mine

lucy and her girls

i was born with twelve fingers

homage to my hair

homage to my hips

what the mirror said

there is a girl inside

to merle

august the 12th

on the death of allen's son

speaking of loss

to thelma who worried because i couldn't cook

poem on my fortieth birthday to my mother who died young

february 13, 1980

forgiving my father

to the unborn and waiting children

aunt agnes hatcher tells

the once and future dead

in this garden

the making of poems

new year

sonora desert poem

my friends

wife

i once knew a man

angels

conversation with my grandson, waiting to be conceived

the mystery that surely is present

the astrologer predicts at mary's birth

anna speaks of the childhood of mary her daughter

mary's dream

how he is coming then

holy night

a song of mary

island mary

mary mary astonished by God

for the blind

for the mad

for the lame

for the mute.

God Waits for the wandering world

the light that came to lucille clifton

testament

incandescence

mother, i am mad

perhaps

explanations

friends come

to joan

confession

in populated air

generations: a memoir

caroline and son

She said I saw your notice. . .

She said he finished his eggs. . .

Mama Ca'line raised me. . .

Driving out of Baltimore. . .

Pennsylvania seemed greener than Maryland. . .

When Mammy Ca'line and them got to Virginia. . .

lucy

Lucille Sale, called Lucy. . .

My father looked like stone. . .

When you was born. . .

They named his daughter Lucille. . .

My father was born. . .

Harvey Nichols was a white man. . .

gene

Daddy had surprised us. . .

My daddy died before I was six. . .

When I was born. . .

Genie called me Rock. . .

After my mother was thirty-five. . .

samuel

The morning of my father's funeral. . .

The genrations of Caroline Donald. . .

My father was laid in the ground. . .

thelma

Well, my Mama was from Georgia. . .

About Lucille Clifton.

Notes:

Preliminaries omitted.

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ISBN:

1-942683-57-X

OCLC:

1030818751