Lucille Clifton is a poet none for taking the female body as her subject matter. Her most famous poem to the general public may be "homage to my hips," but other poems like "ode to my uterus" and a series of poems about the experience of going through menopause provide her with even stronger evocations of the female experience. Using folksy language to talk about a subject most shy away from, Clifton has forged herself a unique voice in American poetry.
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