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Alice Walker

Alice Walker

Desire

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 out a fat broom
& sweep dried leaves
bruised blossoms
dead insects
& dust.
I want to grow
something.
It seems impossible that desire
can sometimes transform into devotion;
but this has happened.
And that is how I’ve survived:
how the hole
I carefully tended
in the garden of my heart
grew a heart
to fill it.

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Altre opere di Alice Walker...
Expect Nothing

Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely
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 3
The Tree of Life Has Fallen

The tree of life has fallen on my small house. I thought it was so much bigger! But it is not. There in the distance I see the m…
 1
 2
The Old Men Used to Sing

The old men used to sing And lifted a brother Carefully Out the door I used to think they
You Want to Grow Old Like the Carters

Let other leaders Retire To play golf & write Memoirs
Our Martyr

When the people have won a victory whether small or large do you ever wonder
The Ways of Water

With your unknown to me Odd magic You came To me:
Remember

Remember When we ended It all —for a weekend— & how
Turning Madness into Flowers #1

If my sorrow were deeper I’d be, along with you, under the ocean’s floor; but today I learn that the oil that pools beneath the ocean floor
 1
 1
When You Thought Me Poor

When you thought me poor, my poverty was shaming. When blackness was unwelcome we found it best that I stay home.
When You See Water

When you see water in a stream you say: oh, this is stream water; When you see water in the river you say: oh, this is water
 1
 2
I Said to Poetry

I said to Poetry:"I’m finished with you." Having to almost die before some wierd light comes creeping through
Knowing you might some day come

Knowing you might some day come and how unprepared I’ve always been like Mr. Sloppy in Charles Dickens’
 1
Before I Leave the Stage

Before I leave the stage I will sing the only song I was meant truly to sing. It is the song of I AM.
 1
La Vaca

Look into her eyes and know: She does not think
 1
Turning Madness into Flowers #1

If my sorrow were deeper I’d be, along with you, under the ocean’s floor; but today I learn that the oil that pools beneath the ocean floor



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