Good Times
It's great when fancy poets take a popular phrase and make it sound smart. That's what these "good times" are all about, since what's more important than remembering the happier moments in life? It...
Is, Not Are
Yup, it is supposed to read "the lights is back on" because this is the kind of dialect the speaker is looking to emulate in the poem. So throw those proper grammar rules out the window. The speake...
Kitchen
Some of the best times happen in the kitchen when folks are cooking, talking, and drinking. That's just a universal truth. In Clifton's poem, the setting revolves around the kitchen where everyone...