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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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Other works by Alice Walker...
What It Feels Like

As if I’ve swallowed A watermelon And Sidestepping My digestive tract
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Working Class Hero

My brothers knew The things you know. I did not scorn learning them; It’s just my mind
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
I Said to Poetry

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

My desire is always the same; wherever Life deposits me: I want to stick my toe & soon my whole body
You Want to Grow Old Like the Carters

Let other leaders Retire To play golf & write Memoirs
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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Remember

Remember When we ended It all —for a weekend— & how
Expect Nothing

Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely
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From: Poems to my Girls

How can Humanity look the deer in the face? How can I,
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
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
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Be Nobody's Darling

Be nobody’s darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around
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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.
Gray

I have a friend who is turning gray, not just her hair, and I do not know why this is so.



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