16 Oct: "Women" by Alice Walker

"Women" by Alice Walker

They were women then
My mama's generation
Husky of voice- Stout of
Step
With fists as well as
Hands
How they battered down
Doors
And ironed
Starched white
Shirts
How they led
Armies
Headdragged Generals
Across mined
Fields
Booby-trapped
Ditches
To discover books
Desks
A place for us
How they knew what we
Must know
Without knowing a page
Of it
Themselves.

4 comments:

  1. Allie Jo DreadfulwaterOctober 27, 2016 at 1:37 AM

    Alice Walker is always such a pleasure to read. So easy to understand and FEEL. She tells it like it is, but always with a poetic twist.

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  2. AJNovember 3, 2016 at 7:35 PM

    The gift of a mother as well, of strong women- to empower those of the next generation to be even stronger than themselves...aren't women awesome :)?! hehehehe

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  3. JimboNovember 3, 2016 at 10:32 PM

    Alice Walker is the Ma'am! I love her writing. She speaks in a way even a white man can feel. knowing without knowing. And leading leaders.

    And a shoot out to books!

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