One of my favorite poems. I used the first line as my personal tagline at Jeff Pulver’s Social Media Breakfast. It’s been a favorite for me for well over a decade. The words and feelings always seem to resonate with me in different ways throughout my life. (Found a copy of this poem here.) Enjoy.
Lucille Clifton
I Am Running into a New Year
i am running into a new year
and the old years blow back
like a wind
that i catch in my hair
like strong fingers like
all my old promises and
it will be hard to let go
of what i said to myself
about myself
when i was sixteen and
twenty-six and thirty-six
even thirty-six but
i am running into a new year
and i beg what i love and
i leave to forgive me
from Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980
