“the lost women I need to know their names those women I would have walked with, jauntily the way men go in groups swinging their arms, and the ones those sweating women whom I would have joined After a hard game to chew the fat what would we have called each other laughing joking into our beer? where are my gangs, my teams, my mislaid sisters? all the women who could have known me, where in the world are their names?” KnowsMenWorldWayNeedsHardGamesNamesLostKnownLaughingGroupsTeamArmsFatsBeerGangSweating Book:Next: new poems Source: Next: new poems
“don’t write out of what I know; I write out of what I wonder. I think most artists create art in order to explore, not to give the answers. Poetry and art are not about answers to me; they are about questions.” ThinkingKnowsGivingWritingArtArtistOrderAnswersWonder Author:Lucille Clifton
“I write from my knowledge not my lack, from my strength not my weakness. I am not interested if anyone knows whether or not I am familiar with big words, I am interested in trying to render big ideas in a simple way. I am interested in being understood not admired.” IfsKnowsWayWritingTryingIdeasBigsCultureJusticeSimpleDiversityUnderstoodWeaknessSocial JusticeFamiliarNot InterestedBig IdeasSimple Ways Author:Lucille Clifton
