Alice and Kaleo 2007
photo by Vaschelle André of Divine Photography
And When They Spy On Us
For Snowden
Copyright©2014 by Alice Walker
And when they spy
on us
let them discover
us
loving -
it really doesn’t
matter what we are loving
let it be
an exercise
of the heart.
You can begin
with
your car -
if that has been
your training.
After… Continue reading
AMERICANS ARE SENTENCED TO BEING AFRAID
© 2014 by Alice Walker
This photo of Shaker Aamer and the letter below written by him, reminds me of the completely unjust imprisonment of The Cuban Five, (now four) who have been incarcerated for 15 years. What kind of mind would do this? Treat other human beings – or even other nonhuman animals – in this way?… Continue reading
To the Cuban Reader
©2014 by Alice Walker
Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart is my seventh novel, and, unless I am mistaken, it is my last. I wrote it toward the close of my Fifth decade; it presents the concerns that, at that time, seemed important to share. First of all, I realized I was older than either of my grandmothers, Kate… Continue reading