Forum Post: Inspiration From Alice Walker
Posted 12 years ago on April 27, 2012, 1:49 a.m. EST by GypsyKing
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by Alice Walker:
the joyful news of your arrest
this sunday morning everything
is bringing tears.
in church this morning
not a church anyone from my childhood
would
recognize
as church
a brother singing
ecstatic
about the bigness of love
and then this moment
news of your arrest
on the steps of the supreme court
a place of intrigue and distrust;
news of the illegal sign you carried
that you probably made yourself:
Poverty Is The Greatest Violence Of All.
brother cornel. brother west.
what a joy it is
to hear this news of you.
that you have not forgotten
what our best people taught us
as they rose to meet their day:
not to be silent
not to fade into the shadows
not to live and die in vain.
But to glorify
the love that demands
we stand
in danger
shaking off
our chains.
The World We Want Is Us
It moves my heart to see your awakened faces;
the look of “aha!”
shining, finally, in
so many
wide open eyes.
Yes, we are the 99%
all of us
refusing to forget
each other
no matter, in our hunger, what crumbs
are dropped by
the 1%.
The world we want is on the way; Arundhati
and now we
are
hearing her breathing.
That world we want is Us; united; already moving
into it.
Very nice post, GK. After thinking about all the difficulties of the day, the uplift of Walker's loving voice and the thoughts of Cornel are like a glass of pure spring water (no pun intended.). Thanks.
Thanks epa1nter. I'm glad you're on our side!
I like Alice Walker and Cornel West. Good post.
Thanks, I have to call it a night. Looking forward to Tuesday:)
'Night, Gypsy. May is looking pretty awesome.
Inspiration from Alice Connally Fisk ...
ECONOMIC JUSTICE. NOW!
U. S. poverty must Go
a conscientious overthrow.
Resolution now the call
a living wage for one and all.
Our long-time shafted people roar
We Just Won’t Take It Anymore.
The working poor, the down and out
a risen people packing clout.
The fairness movement leads the way
People power here to stay.
The middle-class profoundly score
inequity shall rule no more.
Righting long wrongs one by one
disparity at last undone.
Our fed-up people fiercely vow
Economic Justice. Now!