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The poet Lucille Clifton, one of the most distinct voices of the past forty years, and the former Poet Laureate of the State of Maryland (1979-1985), died on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, in Baltimore.

<p><br><P> Lucille Clifton, 73, of Columbia, former poet laureate of Maryland and former professor at St. Mary's College of Maryland, died Saturday, Feb. 13, after a long battle with cancer.<P> ...

When she was a girl, Lucille Clifton sat on her mother's lap and listened to her recite poetry. Her mother never made it through elementary school, but she knew the power of language, and her poems ...

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Virginia Tech poets traveled to James Madison University on Tuesday to combine forces in "73 Poems for 73 Years: Celebrating the Life of Lucille Clifton." The "art bus rolled in style" to Harrisonburg ...

Lucille Clifton, a National Book Award-winning poet and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, died Saturday in Baltimore after a long battle with cancer and other illnesses. She was 73 and had undergone ...

A self-taught poet born in Depew, New York to working class parents, Lucille Clifton began writing at an early age. She cultivated her spare and powerful verse while attending Fredonia State Teachers ...