wishes for sons

Lucille Clifton

19 pages 38-minute read

Lucille Clifton

wishes for sons

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1987

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Lucille Clifton's powerful verse confronts the hidden experiences of womanhood with unflinching honesty and profound empathy. Test your understanding of this groundbreaking poem that wishes the realities of menstruation onto sons in hopes of fostering deeper gender understanding.

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