Lucille Clifton

American poet (1936-2010).

Born June 27th, 1936 in Depew. [ref]

Died February 13th, 2010 at 73 years old in Baltimore. [ref]

Occupations
author, children's writer, poet, university teacher, writer
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For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker