Clifton, Lucille
Blessing The Boats
- ISBN 13:
- 9780241609019
- author:
- Clifton, Lucille
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 128
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 0.7 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Feminism & Feminist Theory,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Blessing the Boats is a poignant and powerful collection of poems by Lucille Clifton, one of America's most beloved twentieth-century poets.
This award-winning collection showcases Clifton's simplicity and song-like grace as she addresses the full range of human experience: birth, death, children, dreams, spirituality, womanhood, illness, sexuality and racial injustice. With a precision and depth that belies their concise form, these poems reveal profound inner worlds.
With a unique ability to find meaning in the smallest spaces, Clifton's poetry is both deeply personal and universally relatable. a worthwhile read for anyone interested in contemporary American poetry, Blessing the Boats is a testament to the enduring power of language and the human spirit.
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