Lucille Clifton and Sekou Sundiata

[yew_tree]

I went to a reading yesterday with Lucille Clifton at Bryn Mawr. Before she started reading, she was chatting with the audience in her grandmotherly way, and somehow in the conversation, Sekou Sundiata came up. She smiled at the mention of his name and then her eyeglassed eyes dropped their gaze to her clutching hands. She looked like she was

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Have you learned it by heart?

[porcelainpoodle]

We should go back to the WHS library with brownies. And eat them in honor of Sekou.

Re: Have you learned it by heart?

[yew_tree]

I agree. You bring the brownies, I'll bring the 'eating' part.

And, what have I learned by heart?

Re: Have you learned it by heart?

[porcelainpoodle]

Do you remember how he explained to us the difference between memorization and learning by heart? He died of heart failure-- he kept all his poetry there, I think.