“the st. marys river flows as if nothing has happened i watch it with my coffee afraid and sad as are we all so many ones to hate and i cursed with long memory cursed with the desire to understand have never been good at hating” PoetryHateFearUnderstandingSadnessPoemHatredSeptember 119 11 Author:Lucille Clifton
“and i am consumed with love for all of it the everydayness of bravery of hate of fear of tragedy of death and birth and hope” LovePoetryHateHopeFearPoemBraverySeptember 119 11 Author:Lucille Clifton
“i bear witness to no thing more human than hate i bear witness to no thing more human than love” LovePoetryHateHumanityPoemSeptember 119 11 Author:Lucille Clifton
