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Alice Walker

Alice Walker

La Vaca
Look
into
her eyes
and know:
She does not think
of
herself
as
steak.

* La vaca, "the cow" in Spanish.

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A Picture Story for the Curious

Reminding us, as they witnessed our curiosity about them, that no matter the losses, there’s something fabulous going on at every stage of Life, something to let go of, maybe, but for d...
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Knowing you might some day come

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Occupying Mumia’s Cell

I Sing of Mumia brilliant and strong and of the captivity that few black men escape
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Our Martyr

When the people have won a victory whether small or large do you ever wonder
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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What Makes the Dalai Lama Lovable?

His posture From so many years Holding his robe with one hand Is odd. His gait
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To change the world enough you must cease to be afraid of the poor. We experience your fear as the lea… humiliations; in the past
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Going out to the garden this morning to plant seeds for my winter greens —the strong, fiery mustard
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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.
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You Want to Grow Old Like the Carters

Let other leaders Retire To play golf & write Memoirs
The Ways of Water

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



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