2605 Talbot Road Poem by nudi ??

This poem appears in the 'Remembering Lucille Clifton' anthology, published by Moonstone Press. This poem is an homage to Lucille Clifton but also an homage to her children.2605 Talbot Road is where Clifton wrote six of her collections and a memoir. And it is where Lucille and Fred Clifton created a welcoming sanctuary for people in trouble, as well as emerging and established artists. By all accounts, it was a home full of light and love and laughter. In 1980, the Cliftons lost their home in a traumatic foreclosure. Lucille Clifton's daughter Sidney has spoken recently about how the family never quite got over the loss. In 2019, Sidney Clifton bought back The Clifton House, which she and her siblings are now restoring to its rightful purpose.