For the reading we discussed today, I wanted to talk about Lucille Clifton. the first thing i wanted to mention was her quote, "I am a Black woman and I write from that experience." I really liked this quote, and it may have to do with me being half black, because I could really relate to it. Especially because I am an art major and I have incorporated experiences I have gone through, based on being half black, into my art. So that interested me right away because I wanted to see how she incorporated that aspect into her poems.
In her poem "June 20" it was mentioned how she doesn't capitalize I. I agreed with a lot said in class. I feel like she definitely doesn't capitalize it for the effects of dehumanization. There is not emphasis on a particular person, so that makes it more relate-able right off the bat. So anyone can identify with it; I even related to it. It was as if I had gone through her experiences, either on my own or with her. I can not really tell. My favorite lines were, "they will do for each other/ all that they can/ but it will not be enough./ none of us know that we will not/ smile again for years,/ that she will not live long." This is because I feel like marriages now a days do not really mean anything anymore. My parents are divorced and they both are just selfish people. There are few of my friends that I know, whose parents are still together. The value of marriage decreases as years go on and its sad. In this day in age we are allowed to choose who we marry, there are no arranged marriages, but still marriages do not last anymore and they bring kids into this world and it effects their kids.
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