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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Lucille Clifton (1936-2010)

here yet be dragons
Lucille Clifton (The Book of Light)

so many languages have fallen
off of the edge of the world
into the dragon's mouth. some

where there be monsters whose teeth
are sharp and sparkle with lost

people. lost poems. who
among us can imagine ourselves
unimagined? who

among us can speak with so fragile
tongue and remain proud?

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