I do not feel inhibited or bound by what I am. That does not mean that I have … - Lucille Clifton

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Instead of scrambling for security in national victory and domination, in preparation for war and military aggression, we must relearn the values of cooperation and sharing, of nonviolence and support.

Lucille Clifton

I do not feel inhibited or bound by what I am. That does not mean that I have never had bad scenes relating to being Black and
or a woman, it means that other people’s craziness has not managed to make me crazy.

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To be a good poet, you must care more about the writing, than the writer.

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Tell the truth. . . maybe just to see clearly, as clearly as possible.

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You cannot play for safety and make art.

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I am running into a new year and the old years blow back like a wind that I catch in my hair like strong fingers like all my old promises and it will be hard to let go of what I said to myself about myself when I was sixteen and twenty-six and thirty-six but I am running into a new year and I beg what i love and I leave to forgive me.

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I don't go get a poem. It calls me and I accept it.

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