Things don't fall apart. Things hold. Lines connect in thin ways that last and last and lives become generations made out of pictures and words just kept.
"Lucille Clifton" was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Frequent topics in her poetry include the celebration of her African-American heritage, women's experience, and the female body.
She was also nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous poets! More Lucille Clifton on Wikipedia.Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.
I keep hearing / tree talk / water words / and i keep knowing what they mean.
People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.
Children/ when they ask you/ why your mama so funny/ say/ she is a poet/ she don't have no sense.
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