Absolute trust in the goodness of the earth : new poems / Alice Walker.
n this exquisite book, Alice Walker’s first new collection of poetry since 1991, are poems that reaffirm her as “one of the best American writers of today” ( The Washington Post ). The forces of nature and the strength of the human spirit inspire the poems in Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth . Alice Walker opens us to feeling and understanding, with poems that cover a broad spectrum of emotions. With profound artistry, Walker searches for, discovers, and declares the
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- ISBN: 0375509046
- ISBN: 9780375509049
- ISBN: 0812971051
- ISBN: 9780812971057
- Physical Description: xxi, 229 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Random House, ©2003.
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| Formatted Contents Note: | I Can Worship You -- The Love of Bodies -- All the Toys -- Poem for Aneta Chapman on Her 33rd Birthday -- The Same as Gold -- My Friend Calls -- Coming Back from Seeing Your People -- Someone I Barely Know -- Despite the Hunger -- My African -- How Different You Are -- New House Moves -- Trapdoors to the Cellar Spring-Grass Green -- Whiter Than Bone -- Even When I Walked Away -- Red Petals Sticking Out -- Inside My Rooms -- Refrigerator Poems -- Just at Dusk -- The Moment I Saw Her -- A Native Person Looks up from the Plate -- The Anonymous Caller -- I Was So Puzzled by the Attacks -- At First, It Is True, I Thought There Were Only Peaches & Wild Grapes -- May 23, 1999 -- Reverend E. in Her Red Dress -- All the People Who Work for Me & My Dog Too -- The Snail Is My Power Animal -- In Everything I Do -- The Writer's Life -- Grace -- Loss of Vitality -- Until I Was Nearly Fifty -- Thanks for the Garlic -- The New Man -- What Will Save Us -- My Friend Arrived -- Dead Men Love War -- Thousands of Feet Below You -- Living off of Isolated Women -- They Made Love -- To Be a Woman -- Thanksgiving -- The Last Time I Left Our House -- I Loved You So Much -- Winning -- Falling Bodies -- Why the War You Have in Mind (Yours and Mine) Is Obsolete -- Projection -- When You Look -- The Tree -- The Climate of the Southern Hemisphere -- Where Is That Nail File? Where Are My Glasses? Have You Seen My Car Keys? -- My Ancestors' Earnings -- My Friend Yeshi -- Ancestors to Alice -- One of the Traps -- Not Children -- You Can Talk -- Goddess -- Why War Is Never a Good Idea -- The Award -- Though We May Feel Alone -- When We Let Spirit Lead Us -- Dream -- We Are All So Busy -- The Backyard, Careyes -- Practice -- Dreaming the New World in Careyes -- Patriot -- Because Light Is Attracted to Dark -- When Fidel Comes to Visit Me -- No Better Life -- Someone Should Have Taught You This -- Dream of Frida Kahlo -- My Mother Was So Wonderful -- Aging -- Some Things to Enjoy About Aging -- Lying Quietly -- Wrinkles -- Life Is Never Over -- If They Come to Shoot You -- You Too Can Look, Smell, Dress, Act This Way -- The Breath of the Feminine -- Bring Me the Heart of Maria Sabina. |
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| Subject: | American poetry > 20th century. American poetry > African American authors. American poetry > Women authors. |
| Genre: | Poetry. African American Literature Nonfiction |
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| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡tI Can Worship You -- ‡tThe Love of Bodies -- ‡tAll the Toys -- ‡tPoem for Aneta Chapman on Her 33rd Birthday -- ‡tThe Same as Gold -- ‡tMy Friend Calls -- ‡tComing Back from Seeing Your People -- ‡tSomeone I Barely Know -- ‡tDespite the Hunger -- ‡tMy African -- ‡tHow Different You Are -- ‡tNew House Moves -- ‡tTrapdoors to the Cellar Spring-Grass Green -- ‡tWhiter Than Bone -- ‡tEven When I Walked Away -- ‡tRed Petals Sticking Out -- ‡tInside My Rooms -- ‡tRefrigerator Poems -- ‡tJust at Dusk -- ‡tThe Moment I Saw Her -- ‡tA Native Person Looks up from the Plate -- ‡tThe Anonymous Caller -- ‡tI Was So Puzzled by the Attacks -- ‡tAt First, It Is True, I Thought There Were Only Peaches & Wild Grapes -- ‡tMay 23, 1999 -- ‡tReverend E. in Her Red Dress -- ‡tAll the People Who Work for Me & My Dog Too -- ‡tThe Snail Is My Power Animal -- ‡tIn Everything I Do -- ‡tThe Writer's Life -- ‡tGrace -- ‡tLoss of Vitality -- ‡tUntil I Was Nearly Fifty -- ‡tThanks for the Garlic -- ‡tThe New Man -- ‡tWhat Will Save Us -- ‡tMy Friend Arrived -- ‡tDead Men Love War -- ‡tThousands of Feet Below You -- ‡tLiving off of Isolated Women -- ‡tThey Made Love -- ‡tTo Be a Woman -- ‡tThanksgiving -- ‡tThe Last Time I Left Our House -- ‡tI Loved You So Much -- ‡tWinning -- ‡tFalling Bodies -- ‡tWhy the War You Have in Mind (Yours and Mine) Is Obsolete -- ‡tProjection -- ‡tWhen You Look -- ‡tThe Tree -- ‡tThe Climate of the Southern Hemisphere -- ‡tWhere Is That Nail File? Where Are My Glasses? Have You Seen My Car Keys? -- ‡tMy Ancestors' Earnings -- ‡tMy Friend Yeshi -- ‡tAncestors to Alice -- ‡tOne of the Traps -- ‡tNot Children -- ‡tYou Can Talk -- ‡tGoddess -- ‡tWhy War Is Never a Good Idea -- ‡tThe Award -- ‡tThough We May Feel Alone -- ‡tWhen We Let Spirit Lead Us -- ‡tDream -- ‡tWe Are All So Busy -- ‡tThe Backyard, Careyes -- ‡tPractice -- ‡tDreaming the New World in Careyes -- ‡tPatriot -- ‡tBecause Light Is Attracted to Dark -- ‡tWhen Fidel Comes to Visit Me -- ‡tNo Better Life -- ‡tSomeone Should Have Taught You This -- ‡tDream of Frida Kahlo -- ‡tMy Mother Was So Wonderful -- ‡tAging -- ‡tSome Things to Enjoy About Aging -- ‡tLying Quietly -- ‡tWrinkles -- ‡tLife Is Never Over -- ‡tIf They Come to Shoot You -- ‡tYou Too Can Look, Smell, Dress, Act This Way -- ‡tThe Breath of the Feminine -- ‡tBring Me the Heart of Maria Sabina. |
| 520 | . | ‡an this exquisite book, Alice Walker’s first new collection of poetry since 1991, are poems that reaffirm her as “one of the best American writers of today” ( The Washington Post ). The forces of nature and the strength of the human spirit inspire the poems in Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth . Alice Walker opens us to feeling and understanding, with poems that cover a broad spectrum of emotions. With profound artistry, Walker searches for, discovers, and declares the | |
| fun | a | m. | ‡aental beauty of existence, as she explores what it means to experience life fully, to learn from it, and to grow both as an individual and as part of a greater spiritual community. About Walker’s Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful , America said, “In the tradition of Whitman, Walker sings, celebrates and agonizes over the ordinary vicissitudes that link and separate all of humankind,” and the same can be said about this astonishing new collection, Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth . |
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