A Woman With A Great Mind Asks You To Take A Moment To Appreciate Her Body

Celebrate your body, just by watching this video. Then celebrate with friends, by sharing it.

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Carolyn Silveira

May 8, 2013

Lucille Clifton was a writer, an educator, and the Poet Laureate of Maryland. She passed away in 2010.

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