Leaving Managua
Robert Allen, Rosario Ortega, Unrecalled Kind Person, Alice, Daniel Ortega Managua, Nicaragua, mid- Eighties Leaving Managua ©2017 by Alice Walker You were never to know, until now perhaps, that I was weeping…
Nothing is Stronger Than a Circle
Thoughts on the Russell Tribunal re: International Corporate Complicity in the Destruction of the People of Palestine Convening in London November 20-23rd 2010 Copyright©2010 by Alice Walker November 19, 2010 In many…
Coming to See You Since I Was Five Years Old:
An American Poet’s Connection to the South African SoulI have spent most of the early morning thinking of what I want to say to you: there is so much. First of all I want to say that I am in your…
Loving Audio Books But Not The Segregation of Books and Literature
© 2010 by Alice Walker I woke this morning thinking of two recent audio books that I admire: The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai andThe Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani. I…
this is what you shall do …. Walt Whitman
this is what you shall do: love the earth and the sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income…
The Settled Mind
If the mind is always calm and still, dark and silent, not seeing anything, neither inside nor outside, free of all thoughts and mental images, this is the settled mind, which is not…
Squoosh: A Little Help Through the Global Night/
Sitting With the Angels Who Have Returned With My Memories The Chicken Chronicles Chapter Thirty- One © 2010 by Alice Walker Dearest Girls, I’ve noticed recently that you are almost too big to…
Let Whoever is Without Sin Cast the First Stone – Jesus
Photo: ©2010 by Alice Walker The Mother holding the stone that is her child that is her heart. Casa Madre, Mexico.You Will Never Know©2010 by Alice Walker You will neverKnowHow MuchI lovedYouAs I watchedThemStoneYouIn The…
What Changes the World? Bearing Witness to the Truth
Photo and essay ©2009 by Alice Walker Introduction to Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation by Saree Makdisi: (Norton paperback release 2010) I cannot begin my short prefatory note to this…
We Believe by Staughton and Alice Lynd
©2010 by Alice WalkerToday I took down the wonderful photos and poems that surround me in my kitchen; they have been there, taped to my cabinets, for a number of years, giving me…
"You Will Have No Protection"
Medgar Evers to Civil Rights Activists in Mississippi, shortly before he was assassinated June 12, 1963 Supporting BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) June 3, 2010 — © 2010 by Alice Walker My…
I was asked recently to name my favorite novel about justice. My favorite novel about justice is Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. In the character of Jean Val jean Hugo shows how what…
More Meditation Required!
el manto de la virgen de guadalupe, plaza de los caballeros del sol, costa careyes, jalisco, mexico Photo ©2010 by Henri Norris May 25, 2010 — Article © 2010 by Alice Walker A…
For the Rachel Corrie Flotilla Enroute to Gaza
Goddess Speed your boat. You are doing the work of The Collective as it attempts to bring Comfort, Support and Abiding Love and Solidarity to Itself. What you demonstrate is what we all,…
