Good Times

Name: Good Times
Author: Lucille Clifton

by Lucille Clifton

Brief lyric poems celebrating resilience and dignity amid hardship

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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.

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