clapped-out Vauxhall Corsa was decidedly less than she [Lucille Clifton] was used to, but she took on a fairly arduous schedule nonetheless. Though tiredness prevented her from taking the hoped-for open-top bus tour of London, she did have her photograph taken outside Ronnie Scott's, another ambition.
Fred died in 1984. Lucille is survived by her sister, Elaine; a son, Graham; three daughters, Sidney, Gillian and Alexia; and three grandchildren.
The last word should go to a poem--from her 1991 collection, Quilting.
after the reading
from The Guardian: Lucille Clifton obituary
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