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Lucille Clifton Quotes: I don't go get a poem. It calls me and I accept it.
         

I don't go get a poem. It calls me and I accept it.


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What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.

What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.



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In the bigger scheme of things the universe is not asking us to do something, the universe is asking us to be something. And that's a whole different thing.



Come celebrate with me that every day something has tried to kill me and has failed.

Come celebrate with me that every day something has tried to kill me and has failed.



Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.

Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.



Every pair of eyes facing you has probably experienced something you could not endure.

Every pair of eyes facing you has probably experienced something you could not endure.



the lesson of the falling leaves the leaves believe such letting go is love such love is faith such faith is grace such grace is god i agree with the leaves

the lesson of the falling leaves the leaves believe such letting go is love such love is faith such faith is grace such grace is god i agree with the leaves



You might as well answer the door, my child, the truth is furiously knocking.

You might as well answer the door, my child, the truth is furiously knocking.



they ask me to remember but they want me to remember their memories and I keep on remembering mine

they ask me to remember but they want me to remember their memories and I keep on remembering mine



We cannot create what we can't imagine.

We cannot create what we can't imagine.



Even when the universe made it quite clear to me that I was mistaken in my certainties ... I did not break. The shattering of my sureties did not shatter me.

Even when the universe made it quite clear to me that I was mistaken in my certainties ... I did not break. The shattering of my sureties did not shatter me.





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For the most part, the best man's spirit makes a fearful sprite to haunt his grave.



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Don't get caught up in fashion games. These kids probably think we're old, nark conformists or something, but really, they're just conforming in their own ways. They're conforming to nonconformity.




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