and I am grateful for...

I never get the whole celebrity thing - those contests where you can win lunch with someone famous. I think why would I want to eat with them, make uncomfortable small talk across the table, pretend I saw their movie, whatever. Then my daughter pointed out who my rock stars are...poets and writers. Yup, leave it to the kids to set you straight. So here's one of those people who writes words that find me when I forget I need to be found, words that help me remember the best parts of myself, the parts I am always losing in my everydayness. Assorted links for your edification and pleasure: http://www.xanga.com/cornbreadonfire/644159984/lucille-clifton.html, http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/clifton/clifton.htm, http://www.blueflowerarts.com/lclifton.html, http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3656,http://www.literacyrules.com/Weekly_Poem/bylucilleclifton.htmhttp://www.literacyrules.com/Weekly_Poem/bylucilleclifton.htm, and need I say the obvious - get thee to a library and read their poetry books, get thee to a (small, independent) bookstore and buy their poetry books. Especially Lucille Clifton. Whom I would love to eat lunch with.