Adam Thinking Poem by Lucille Clifton

Adam Thinking

Rating: 3.6


she
stolen from my bone
is it any wonder
i hunger to tunnel back
inside desperate
to reconnect the rib and clay
and to be whole again

some need is in me
struggling to roar through my
mouth into a name
this creation is so fierce
i would rather have been born

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
* 1 diva thebossy 06 February 2009

this so nice ilike it

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* 1 diva thebossy 06 February 2009

this so nice ilike it

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Mariam Daoud 21 March 2014

This poem captures exactly how any human created by adam would feel. Although that is true, this insults how Gdd created humanity and implies that adam disagreed with him. But every1 has a say, an opinion, and a way of putting them into words. So i give you a thumbs up, not a thumbs down.

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Colleen Courtney 15 May 2014

Short but deep and interesting write.

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" i hunger to tunnel back inside desperate to reconnect the rib and clay and to be whole again" . A real hunger for the lost perfection!

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Edward Kofi Louis 17 September 2019

Adam and Eve! ! Muse of creating man and woman. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Dr Antony Theodore 17 September 2019

some need is in me struggling to roar through my mouth into a name this creation is so fierce i would rather have been born.. very good poem. tony

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Mahtab Bangalee 17 September 2019

... this creation is so fierce i would rather have been born./// wonderfully written on human creation

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Uche Nwanze 17 September 2019

What a creative and fascinating piece of poetry. This will surely get a +++10

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Lucille Clifton

Lucille Clifton

Baltimore, Maryland
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