Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon is an associate professor at Cornell University. She is the author of Black Swan, winner of the 2001 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, and Open Interval, a National Book Award finalist. Her work has appeared in African American Review, Callaloo, Gulf Coast and Shenandoah. She is currently at work on a third collection, The Coal Tar Colors. Her "Bop: The North Star" first appeared in Shenandoah 57/1.
Bop: The North Star
Polaris sits still in the sky, and if I knew which one it was I could follow it all the way to Auburn. Oh, Harriet, who did not need the poise of freedom knocked into your head like sense, who … Continue reading