Poetic Obituaries: But another memory seared itself

in young Lucille's memory, too: when her father said no wife of his would be a poet. She watched as her thwarted mother threw her pages of verse into a burning furnace.

Years later, Ms. Clifton would remember this moment in a poem of her own, which she called "fury":

from The Washington Post: Obituary of Lucille Clifton, 73; Md. poet laureate and National Book Award winner
also The New York Times: Lucille Clifton, Poet Who Explored Intricacies of Black Lives, Dies at 73

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