Lucille Clifton
American poet who served as Poet Laureate of Maryland and won the National Book Award. Her poems celebrate Black women's bodies and history with precision and grace.
Works
- Good TimesBrief lyric poems celebrating resilience and dignity amid hardship
- Good News About the EarthPoetry exploring ecology, spirit, and redemptive possibility
- An Ordinary WomanMeditative poems about womanhood, family, ancestry, and ordinary grace
- Two-Headed WomanCollection of accessible, wise poems about identity, duality, and human connection
- Blessing the BoatsFinal Pulitzer-winning collection about gratitude, survival, and spiritual blessing