The poem Why some people be mad at me sometimes by Lucille Clifton was a little confusing for me at first, I actually had to read it 3 times in order for thoughts to start processing, but once I grasped an understanding from it I felt astonished because it was so deep and powerful. I believe what Clifton was trying to deliver is that there are always two sides to a story, one side is theirs and the other is your side and that people will always want you to remember their side but you only want to remember yours because it is what you know. I too think that when this poem was written, Clifton was going under some personal issues that we do not know of, but we can all relate in a way with
The poem Why some people be mad at me sometimes by Lucille Clifton was a little confusing for me at first, I actually had to read it 3 times in order for thoughts to start processing, but once I grasped an understanding from it I felt astonished because it was so deep and powerful. I believe what Clifton was trying to deliver is that there are always two sides to a story, one side is theirs and the other is your side and that people will always want you to remember their side but you only want to remember yours because it is what you know. I too think that when this poem was written, Clifton was going under some personal issues that we do not know of, but we can all relate in a way with