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ALICE WALKER

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Poems found: 234

BE NOBODY'S DARLING / BE AN OUTCAST

WHEN GOLDA MEIR WAS IN AFRICA

DID THIS HAPPEN TO YOUR MOTHER?

YES, I KNOW

EARLY LOSSES: A REQUIEM. PART 2. THE CHILD

FORGIVENESS

HOW POEMS ARE MADE: A DISCREDITED VIEW

I SAID TO POETRY

MALCOLM

ON SIGHT

ONCE

REVOLUTIONARY PETUNIAS

SONGLESS

SUNDAY SCHOOL, CIRCA 1950 (8)

TORTURE

WINKING AT A FUNERAL

BURIAL

NEW FACE

WOMEN (3)

RAGE

GRAY

THE OLD MEN USED TO SING

REMEMBER

WHAT IT FEELS LIKE

WHEN YOU SEE WATER

WHEN YOU THOUGHT ME POOR

THE WAYS OF WATER

EXPECT NOTHING

WHO?

WE ALONE

EACH ONE, PULL ONE

THEY WHO FEEL DEATH

BE NOBODY'S DARLING / BE AN OUTCAST

BE NOBODY'S DARLING / BE AN OUTCAST

EVEN AS I HOLD YOU

FORGIVE ME IF MY PRAISES (1)

HAVING EATEN TWO PILLOWS

HE SAID COME

IF THERE WAS ANY JUSTICE

IN UGANDA AN EARLY KING

LISTEN

LOST MY VOICE? OF COURSE.

LOVE IS NOT CONCERNED

MY DAUGHTER IS COMING!

MY HUSBAND SAYS

NEVER OFFER YOUR HEART TO SOMEONE WHO EATS HEARTS

NO ONE CAN WATCH THE WASICHU

NOTHING IS RIGHT

NOW THAT THE BOOK IS FINISHED

DIAMONDS ON LIZ'S BOSOM

LAST TIME

OLD MEN USED TO SING (1)

THESE MORNINGS OF RAIN

THEY TAKE A LITTLE NIP

THOSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU

TO DIE BEFORE ONE WAKES MUST BE GLAD

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MOTHER

WE HAVE A MAP OF THE WORLD

WELL

WHEN GOLDA MEIR WAS IN AFRICA

WHILE LOVE IS UNFASHIONABLE

WINNIE MANDELA WE LOVE YOU

WOMEN OF COLOR' HAVE RARELY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE

YOU HAD TO GO TO FUNERALS

YOUR SOUL SHINES

GOOD NIGHT, WILLIE LEE, I'LL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING'

(IN ANSWER TO YOUR SILLY QUESTION)

1971

FEW SIRENS

WOMAN IS NOT A POTTED PLANT

AFRICAN IMAGES

AFTER THE SHRINK

ARMAH OCTOBER 12, 1990

AT FIRST

ATTENTIVENESS

BALLAD OF THE BROWN GIRL

BAPTISM

BEAST

BEYOND WHAT

BLACK MAIL

BURIAL

CHIC FREEDOM'S REFLECTION

CHIC FREEDOM'S REFLECTION

CLUTTER-UP PEOPLE

COMPULSORY CHAPEL

CONFESSION

CRUCIFIXIONS

DEDICATION

DID THIS HAPPEN TO YOUR MOTHER?

EACH ONE, PULL ONE

EAGLE ROCK

EARLY LOSSES: A REQUIEM. PART 1

EARLY LOSSES: A REQUIEM. PART 2. THE CHILD

ENDING

EVERY MORNING

EVERY MORNING

EXCUSE

EXERCISES ON THEMES FROM LIFE (1)

EXERCISES ON THEMES FROM LIFE (2)

EXERCISES ON THEMES FROM LIFE (3)

EXERCISES ON THEMES FROM LIFE (4)

EXERCISES ON THEMES FROM LIFE (5)

EXERCISES ON THEMES FROM LIFE (6)

EXERCISES ON THEMES FROM LIFE (7)

EXERCISES ON THEMES FROM LIFE (8)

EXERCISES ON THEMES FROM LIFE (9)

EXPECT NOTHING

FACING THE WAY

FAMILY OF

FIRST, THEY SAID

FIRST, THEY SAID

FOR MY SISTER MOLLY WHO IN THE FIFTIES

FORBIDDEN THINGS

FORGIVE ME IF MY PRAISES (2)

FORGIVE ME IF MY PRAISES (3)

FORGIVE ME IF MY PRAISES (4)

FORGIVE ME IF MY PRAISES (5)

FORGIVENESS

GIFT

GIFT

GRAY

HE SAID:

HOW POEMS ARE MADE: A DISCREDITED VIEW

HYMN

I SAID TO POETRY

I SAID TO POETRY

I'M REALLY VERY FOND

I'M REALLY VERY FOND

IF THOSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU

IN THESE DISSENTING TIMES

J, MY GOOD FRIEND (ANOTHER FOOLISH INNOCENT)

JANIE CRAWFORD

10-Jan-73

JOHANN

JUDGE EVERY ONE WITH PERFECT CALM

KARAMOJONGS

KILLERS

LIGHT BAGGAGE

LISTEN

LONELY PARTICULAR

LOVE

LOVE IS NOT CONCERNED

MALCOLM

MEDICINE

MISSISSIPPI WINTER (1)

MISSISSIPPI WINTER (2)

MISSISSIPPI WINTER (3)

MISSISSIPPI WINTER (4)

MOODY

MORE LOVE TO HIS LIFE

MORNINGS/OF AN IMPOSSIBLE LOVE

MY DAUGHTER IS COMING

MY HEART HAS REOPENED TO YOU

MYSTERIES

MYSTERIES (1)

MYSTERIES (2)

MYSTERIES (3)

MYSTERIES (4)

NATURAL STAR

NDEBELE

NEW FACE

NO FIXED PLACE

NO ONE CAN WATCH THE WASICHU

NOW THAT THE BOOK IS FINISHED

ON BEING ASKED TO LEAVE A PLACE OF HONOR FOR ONE OF COMFORT

ON SIGHT

ON STRIPPING BARK FROM MYSELF

ONCE

ONCE, AGAIN

OVERNIGHTS

PAGAN

PART V FROM 'ONCE'

PERFECTION

POEM AT THIRTY-NINE

RAGE

REASSURANCE

REMEMBER

REMEMBER?

REPRESENTING THE UNIVERSE

REVOLUTIONARY PETUNIAS

S M

SHE SAID

SHE SAID

SO WE'VE COME AT LAST TO FREUD

SOME THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY TRIPLE BLOODS

SONG

SONGLESS

SOUTH: THE NAME OF HOME

STORM

STREAKING (A PHENOMENON FOLLOWING THE SIXTIES)

SUICIDE

SUNDAY SCHOOL, CIRCA 1950 (8)

TALKING TO MY GRANDMOTHER WHO DIED POOR

TELLING

ABDUCTION OF SAINTS

AWAKENING

BLACK PRINCE

DEMOCRATIC ORDER: SUCH THINGS IN TWENTY YEARS UNDERSTOOD

DIAMONDS ON LIZ'S BOSOM

ENEMY

GIRL WHO DIED #1

GIRL WHO DIED #2

INSTAND OF OUR PARTING

KISS

NATURE OF THIS FLOWER IS TO BLOOM

OLD WARRIOR TERROR

QPP

RIGHT TO LIFE: WHAT CAN WHITE MAN SAY TO BLACK WOMAN?

SMELL OF LEBANON

THING ITSELF

THESE DAYS

THESE DAYS

THESE MORNINGS OF RAIN

THEY WHO FEEL DEATH

THIEF

THREATENED

THREE DOLLARS CASH (4)

TO THE MAN IN THE YELLOW TERRY

TORTURE

UNCLES

VIEW FROM ROSEHILL CEMETERY: VICKSBURG

WALKER

WARNING

WE ALONE

WE ALONE

WELL

WHAT OVID TAUGHT ME

WHAT THE FINGER WRITES

WHO?

WILL

WINKING AT A FUNERAL (2)

WITHOUT COMMERCIALS

WOMEN (3)

YOUR SOUL SHINES



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