"Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language."
Lucille Clifton (b. 1936), U.S. poet. As quoted in Listen to Their Voices, ch. 9, by Mickey Pearlman (1993).

"My Mama has made bread
and Grampaw has come
and everybody is drunk
and dancing in the kitchen"
Lucille Clifton (b. 1936), U.S. poet. Good Times (l. 9-12). . . Poetry of Black America, The; Anthology of the 20th Century. Arnold Adoff, ed. (1973) Harper & Row.

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