Lucille Clifton's 'Good Times'
The poem “Good Times” was really moving. It was a fairly short poem, but in the eighteen lines it was full of emotion. The author was talking about how her family had hit a good patch in their life after an apparent rough patch. She speaks about her father getting the power turned back on, her uncle winning the small lottery, and her family coming to celebrate. It seemed to me that this was coming from a child’s perspective. I researched the author, Lucille Clifton, and learned that she was an African-American woman who loved to write about African-American experiences. She grew up in Buffalo, New York which, during that time period, would definitely have some poor African-American families. I feel that Lucille was inspired by her childhood