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POEM: Going Out to the Garden
From new book of poems, Spring 2013 THE WORLD WILL FOLLOW JOY: Turning Madness Into Flowers Going out to the garden ©2012 by Alice Walker Going out to the gardenthis morningto plant…
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…
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…
Poem: When you see water
When you see water ©2011 by Alice Walker When you see water in a streamyou say: oh, this is streamwater; When you see water in the riveryou say: oh, this is waterof the…
Word reaches us
Word reaches us that you are sleeping, sleeping. Dismayed we have turned to the sea. We encounter among others walking there a sense of what we have lost: the broad expanse of humanity’s…
I Will Keep Broken Things
for my country ©2010 by Alice Walker I will keep Broken Things: The big clay Pot With raised Iguanas Chasing Their Tails; Two Of their Wise Heads Sheared Off; I will keep Broken…
Be Nobody’s Darling
for Julian Assange © 1986/ 2010 by Alice Walker Be nobody’s darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep…
You Want to Grow Old Like the Carters
(For Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter of Plains, Georgia) © 2010 By Alice Walker Let other leadersRetireTo play golf& writeMemoirsAbout bombingVillagesThey’ve never seen. Growing oldPresents a perilThey may notExpect. It is to loseOne’s soulIn…
What Makes the Dalai Lama Lovable?
His postureFrom so many yearsHolding his robe with one handIs odd. His gaitAlso. One’s own bodyAchesWitnessingThe slopingShoulders& AngledNeck; One hopesHeAttendsYoga classOr does YogaOn his ownAs partOf prayer. He smilesAs he bowsTo Everything:AcceptingThe heavyBurdensOfThis…
The Ways of Water
With your unknownto meOdd magicYou cameTo me:Your truckBackfiringAs if sendingOutRocketsTo theStars You cameInSo gracefullyRocketsSilencedBehind you &SetTo workAs if nothingBrought youGreaterJoy. I did not see Life wasAbout to change, as it does,When odd magic…