tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411821140216169466.post68583443044079419..comments2023-05-21T08:28:49.645-07:00Comments on Said a whiting to a snail.: RIP, Lucille Clifton.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411821140216169466.post-39442677628762477852010-02-14T15:55:02.526-08:002010-02-14T15:55:02.526-08:00"though her wild hair scratches my dreams&quo..."though her wild hair scratches my dreams"<br /><br />So good.<br /><br />Thank you for the news, I didn't know she had died.The Agate Hingehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00935890083438946347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411821140216169466.post-33597666426853348352010-02-14T09:52:37.680-08:002010-02-14T09:52:37.680-08:00She did.
It's funny. I grew up in upstate NY,...She did.<br /><br />It's funny. I grew up in upstate NY, and Clifton was such a presence. Her work could annoy me more than fingernails on a chalkboard. But then other times, this poem for instance, so extraordinary.Beloved Snailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09076968728924990529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411821140216169466.post-66250214985694404112010-02-14T09:50:33.254-08:002010-02-14T09:50:33.254-08:00Oh what a great loss. And hard to believe. I don&#...Oh what a great loss. And hard to believe. I don't know. She seemed timeless to me.<br />xo<br />RebeccaRadish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.com