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poem in praise of menstruation

if there is a river

more beautiful than this

bright as the blood

red edge of the moon if

 

there is a river

more faithful than this

returning each month

to the same delta if there

 

is a river

braver than this

coming and coming in a surge

of passion, of pain if there is

 

a river

more ancient than this

daughter of eve

mother of cain and of abel if there is in

 

the universe such a river if

there is some where water

more powerful than this wild

water

pray that it flows also

through animals

beautiful and faithful and ancient

and female and brave

 

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Lucille

Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010)[1] was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she …

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