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Cargando... The World Will Follow Joy: Turning Madness into Flowerspor Alice Walker
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A few of these poems pack quite a punch; others read like political campaign literature with random line breaks thrown in. Nonetheless, it was nice to get reacquainted with Alice Walker, and good to read a poetry book all the way through. Pretty good little collection, and I'll be waiting eagerly for the world to follow joy! To me, creating well-written poetry takes more effort than putting your "Deep Thoughts" on paper and then inserting line breaks to make the line-lengths incredibly short. I guess what I'm looking for in poetry is the space to bring in my own interpretation, and then bring in another and another interpretation; with each successive reading bringing me closer to what I see as the "heart" of the poem. These poems don't provide that space. If you're looking for poetry that tells you how to think, this book might be for you. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"Poetry is leading us," writes Alice Walker in The World Will Follow Joy. In this dazzling collection, the beloved writer offers over sixty new poems to incite and nurture contemporary activists. Hailed as a "lavishly gifted writer" (The New York Times), Walker imbues her poetry with evocative images, fresh language, anger, forgiveness, and profound wisdom. Casting her poetic eye toward history, politics, and nature, as well as to world figures such as Jimmy Carter, Gloria Steinem, and the Dalai Lama, she is indeed a "muse for our times" (Amy Goodman). By attentively chronicling the conditions of human life today, Walker shows, as ever, her deep compassion, profound spirituality, and necessary political commitments. The poems in The World Will Follow Joy remind us of our human capacity to come together and take action, even in our troubled political times. Above all, the gems in this collection illuminate what it means to live in our world today. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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More importantly, it features poems that meet us, as a nation, where we are and dares to raise our spirits, our aspirations, and ambitions. Hope is a recurrent theme here, and I, more times than I could count, eagerly looked for a highlighter so I could capture a line or verse. Sadly, this is a library copy and I can't mark it up. But the language is so poignant, so buoyant and wise, I will likely seek out a copy to own, to share, and to highlight the hell out of.
Ms. Walker makes me want to read poetry, write poetry, and live poetry. Her insights and wisdom have only ripened with age. ( )