Divining Poets Clifton A Quotable Deck from Turtle Business likely the best written

likely the best written

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Divining Poets Clifton A Quotable Deck from Turtle Business likely the best writtenPlainspoken, empowering, spare, wise beyond measure, Clifton's words are a balm and a force of good for all: The surest failure is the unattempted walk. Tracy K. Smith took a poetry workshop with Lucille Clifton following the death of her mother. The experience was an awakening. Clifton spoke of her own losses, centering not on the ideas of letting go or making peace, but of sustained communication with the departed. Clifton's practices included using