turning
By Lucille Clifton
Read by Cornelius Eady
turning into my own
turning on in
to my own self
at last
turning out of the
white cage, turning out of the
lady cage
turning at last
on a stem like a black fruit
in my own season
at last
Credits
Directed by Matthew Thompson.
Lucille Clifton, “turning” from Collected Poems. Copyright © 2004 by Lucille Clifton. Used with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of BOA Editions, Ltd., boaeditions.org. All rights reserved.