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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…

  • 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…

  • Torture

     A Merry Christmas Day poem about trees for Bradley Manning Torture © 1986/2010 by Alice Walker When they torture your motherplant a treeWhen they torture your fatherplant a treeWhen they torture your brotherand…

  • 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…

  • She

    She (for Gloria Steinem) © 2010 By Alice Walker She is the onewho will noticethat the first snapdragonof Springisin bloom; She is the onewho will tell the mostfunny&complicatedjoke. She is the onewho will…

  • 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…