Poets & Writers Theater
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This short film produced by Boa Editions and Hunger Media highlights the life and career of Lucille Clifton and how her work continues to influence and inspire the poetry community, including Boa’s Blessing the Boats Selections series. For more on the press’s work, read “Poetry to Save Us: Boa at 50” in the March/April 2026 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Poetry | Lucille Clifton | BOA Editions | short film | blessing the boats | independent presses | March/April 2026 | in memoriam -
“may the tide / that is entering even now / the lip of our understanding / carry you out / beyond the face of fear…” Here’s a poem to help welcome in the new year: Elizabeth Acevedo reads “blessing the boats” by Lucille Clifton in this 2021 installment of the Ours Poetica series, sponsored by Complexly and the Poetry Foundation.
Tags: Poetry | Lucille Clifton | blessing the boats | Elizabeth Acevedo | Poetry Foundation | reading
