Poem: Desire
Desire ©2011 by Alice Walker My desire is always the same; wherever Life deposits me: I want to stick my toe & soon my whole body into the water. I want to shake…
Ending the Age of Waste
Ancestors of here Ending The Age of Waste ©2011 by Alice Walker The most important thing humanity can do is believe in itself. That we can grow, that we can change, and that…
What do I get for getting old? A Picture Story for the Curious from THE WORLD WILL FOLLOW JOY; Turning Madness Into Flowers, New Poems, Spring 2013
Bicycle dress guard by Simeli Ananda What Do I Get For Getting Old? A Picture Story For The Curious ©2011 by Alice Walker (You supply the pictures.) I get to meditatein a chairOr…
Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit
A Christ. Compassionate artist unknown “Blessed are the poor in spirit (for theirs is the kingdom of heaven).” ©2011 by Alice Walker Did you ever understand this? If my spirit was poor, how…
The tree of life has fallen
Photo by Laura Balandran 2008 ©2011 by Alice Walker The tree of lifehas fallen on my small house.I thought it was so much bigger! But it is not.There in the distance I see…
To Change the World Enough
To change the world enoughyou must cease to be afraidof the poor.We experience your fear as the least pardonable ofhumiliations; in the pastit has sent us scurrying offdaunted and ashamedinto the shadows.Now,the world…
Free Dogs and the Albany Bulb Waterfront Park
Marley Mu, during her last summer. Photo by Vaschelle Andre Free Dogs and the Albany Bulb Waterfront Park ©2011 by Alice Walker — A Dog’s Purpose, a novel for humans by W. Bruce…
Poem: Our Martyrs
Our Martyrs ©2011 by Alice Walker When the peoplehave won a victorywhether smallor largedo you ever wonderat that momentwhere the martyrsmight be? They who sacrificedthemselvesto bring to lifesomething unknownthough nonetheless more preciousthan their…
An Open Letter to Nawal El- Saadawi
Alice Walker and Nawal El -Saadawi, Amsterdam, 1990s An Open Letter to Nawal El- Saadawi ©2011 by Alice Walker Dear Nawal El- Saadawi, Remember when we met in Amsterdam many years ago? I…