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1、美国名人诗人作家露西尔克里夫顿1.ucilleCliftonz1936-2010:TheAward-WinningPoetwastheFirstAfricanAmericanPoet1.aureateofMarylandplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-17:50repeatByJuneSimms2010-4-171.ucilleCliftonspoetryisknownforbeingsimple,truthfulanddirect.mSteveEmber.BARBARAK1.EIN:AndmBarbaraKleinwithPeopleinAmericainVOASpec

2、ialEnglish.Todaywetellabouttheaward-winningpoetandwriter1.ucilleClifton.Criticscallheroneofthegreatestwritersofourtime.(MUSIC)STEVEEMBER:1.ucilleCliftonbeganwritingpoetrywhenshewasabouttenyearsold.Shehaddevelopedaninterestinpoetrybecauseofhermother,ThelmaSayles.Hermotherwasalsoapoetalthoughherpoemsw

3、ereneverpublished.Asachild1.ucillewouldsitonhermotherslapandlistenasshereadpoetry.Shelearnedtolovewordsandthepowerofwords.Thatstayedwithherasshegrew.Therewasanotherexperiencethatstayedwithher,too.Once,hermotherwasofferedachancetopublishherpoetry.Butherhusband,SamuelSayles,orderedhernottodoit.Inanger

4、,andsorrow,MissusSaylesthrewherpoemsintoafire.Thatmemoryalsostayedwith1.ucille.Shewouldwriteaboutityearslaterinherpoemcalledfury.IJkemanyof1.ucilleCliftonspoems,furyispersonal.Itdealswithherownexperiences.BARBARAK1.曰N:1.ucilleCliftonbelievedthatitwasimportantforpoetstowriteabouttheirownmemories.Shes

5、aidpoetrycomesoutofthelifeofthepoet.That,shesaid,istheonlywaythatpoetrycanreachotherpeople.1.ucilleCliftonspoemsdealwithlifeanddeath,religionandpolitics,motherhoodandfamily.Theytellstoriesofracism,sexismandinjustice.Theytellofterriblethingsdonetohumansbyhumans.Inonepoemshecallsittheextraordinaryevil

6、inordinarymen.InthepoemCruelty,shetakesadifferentlookatviolence.1.UCI1.1.EC1.IFTONREADINGCRUE1.TYdonttalktomeaboutcrueltyorwhatiamcapableof.wheniwantedtheroachesdeadiwantedthemdeadandikilledthem,itookabroomtotheircountryandsmashedandslicedwithoutwarningwithoutstoppingandismiledallthetimeiwasdoingit.

7、itwasaholocaustofroaches,bodies,partsofbodies,redallovertheground.ididntasktheirnames.theyhadnonamesworthknowing.nowiwatchmyselfwheneverienteraroom.ineverknowwhatimightdo.(MUSIC)STEVEEMBER:1.ucilleCliftonwasbornThelma1.ucilleSaylesinDepew,NewYorkinninetythirty-six.ShewasnamedThelmaafterhermother.1.u

8、cillewasthenameofoneofherfathersancestors.NeithermothernordaughterwashappywiththenameThelma.Whentheyoungeronegotoldershechosetocallherself1.ucille.Whilehermothertaughthertolovepoetry,herfathergaveherthegiftofstorytelling.Hewouldtell1.ucilleinterestingstoriesaboutherancestors,especiallytheonenamed1.u

9、cillewhowashisgrandmother.SamuelCliftonsaidshewasthefirstblackwomantobelegallyhangedinthestateofVirginia.1.ucilleCliftonwroteaboutitinherpoemcalled1.ucy.1.UCI1.1.EC1.IFTONREADING1.UCY(MUSIC)BARBARAK1.EIN:1.ucillewasthefirstoneinherfamilytograduatefromhighschool.Innineteenfifty-three,shewonascholarsh

10、iptoattendHowardUniversityinWashington,D.C.Shestudiedtherefortwoyears.ThenshereturnedtoNewYorktoattendFredoniaStateTeachersCollege.FredCliftonwasaprofessorofphilosophyatalocaluniversity.Thepoetandtheprofessormet,fellinloveandweremarriedinnineteenfifty-eight.TheymovedtoBaltimore,Marylandinthenineteen

11、sixties.Theyhadsixchildrenoveraseven-yearperiod,fourgirlsandtwoboys.1.ucilleCliftonwrotepoetrywhileraisingherfamily.STEVEEMBER:Shereleasedherfirstbookofpoetryinnineteensixty-nine.ThebookwascalledGoodTimes.TheNewYorkTimescalleditoneofthebestbooksoftheyear.Thepoemsareaboutancestryandfamily,oppressiona

12、ndpolitics.Theyuseasmallamountofwordstocommunicatebigideas.Thatwas1.ucilleCliftonsstyle.Sheoftentalkedaboutherloveforwords.Shelovedthesoundofwordsandthewaythewordsfeltinhermouth.Shelovedfindinginterestingwaystousewordstoexpresswhatwashappeningintheworld.BARBARAK1.EIN:Unlikehermother,1.ucilleCliftons

13、poetrywasanythingbuttraditional.Herpoemsdonotrhymeorfollowaspecialkindofpattern.Theydonotusefancywords.Theydonotdealinmakebelieve.Herpoetryisknownforbeingsimple,truthfulanddirect.Itiswrittenthewaypeoplespeak,inacasual,relaxedlanguage.Thereisverylittlepunctuationandevenlesscapitalization.Manyofthepoe

14、msareuncomfortablyhonest.1.ucilleCliftonoftensaidthatshetriedtocomforttheafflictedandafflictthecomfortable.Overtheyears,sheseemstohaveperfectedthatart.Here,shereadsherpoemAdmonitions.1.UCI1.1.EC1.IFTONREADINGADMONITIONSBoysIdontpromiseyounothingbutthiswhatyoupawnIwillredeemwhatyoustealIwillconcealmy

15、privatesilencetoyourpublicguilt,isalligotGirlsFirsttimeawhitemanopenshisflylikeagoodthingwelljustlaugh,laughrealloudmyblackwomenChildrenWhentheyaskyouwhyisyourmamasofunnySaySheisapoetshedonthavenosense(MUSIC)STEVEEMBER:1.ucilleCliftonpublishedmorethanthirtybooksduringhercareer.Theyincludetenbooksofp

16、oetryandtwentychildrensbooks.Shereleasedherfirstchildrensbooksinnineteenseventy,ayearafterherfirstbookofpoetrywaspublished.HerbookSomeoftheDaysofEverettAndersonbecamethefirstinaseriesofbooksaboutayoungAfrican-Americanboygrowingupinthecity.Yearslater,theseventhbookintheseries,EverettAndersonsGoodbye,wasawardedtheCorettaScottKingAward.MissCliftonreceived