![]() ![]() ![]() The poem "study the masters" finds art in the life of an ordinary woman, Aunt Timmie, who has been elevated to the status of model. Historical occurrences are juxtaposed to the present with the effect of suggesting that little has changed in our society. Section 1, "New Poems," containing nineteen poems, invites introspection as the poet addresses both personal and public events which capture the times in which we live. ![]() It features an accounting of public events which occupied our imaginations from 1988 to 2000 and begs the question: what has happened to our national consciousness? ![]() The collection, divided into five sections, reads as a chronicle of modern society's challenges and triumphs as the lives of myriad characters speak volumes for the mass of humanity. WITH OVER THIRTY-ONE YEARS of poetry writing upon which to stand, Lucille Clifton's new collection of verse, Blessing the Boats, reveals the poet's enduring command for rendering both the personal and public with resounding force. Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000. ![]()
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