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Trust in the Goodness of the Earth: New Poems by Alice Walker Rating: ••• (Recommended) |
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Comforting Alice Walker’s new collection of poems, Absolute
Trust in the Goodness of the Earth, presents a mix of good and so-so
poems, all of which will engage your mind and heart. Many of the poems
reflect the world following 9/11, and the ways in which Walker expresses her
feelings through words allow readers to find a comforting place of our own.
Here’s a sampling of poems from the collection: Just at
Dusk
Just at dusk I ventured out Beyond my street Two tawny cats Waist high Ran out to greet me Or so I thought. Sticking out My hand To pat The larger one I looked into its Eyes and saw it intended To eat me up. Is this always Where the lure Of wildness Leads? Blood on the trail The hand of the seeker vanished Down some "tame" Creature's throat? The Moment I Saw Her The moment I saw her Looked upon Her Without Fear & to admire Her many Legs & her beauty Only In that Moment The Entire History Of basket making Was revealed Tome. The old ones Would have Studied Her. They would have Started with Reeds Aging Your job: Every morning To look Into The mirror To note In spite Of everything Life is humming Along. To say In wonder & Fit Anticipation: There if is! Aging. Life. What has it done? What's it doing now? What is it going To do? The Anonymous Caller The anonymous caller Begins His diatribe You shitty Bitch
& Ends it With A threat: I Know Where You Live. I can tell By his Voice That he is Young & Unaware That As far As Calamity Is concerned As far As Death Is concerned All of us Share The same Address; All Of us Live In the Same House. Many of the poems in Absolute
Trust reveal the meanings of house and home, and create a special place
for readers to spend some time in refuge and in pleasure. Steve Hopkins, March 25, 2003 |
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ã 2003 Hopkins and Company, LLC The
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