{"product_id":"absolute-trust-in-the-goodness-of-the-earth-isbn-9780812971057","title":"Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth","description":"In 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” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e). The forces of nature and the strength of the human spirit inspire the poems in \u003cb\u003eAbsolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth\u003c\/b\u003e. 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 \u003cbr\u003efundamental 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout Walker’s \u003cb\u003eHorses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerica\u003c\/i\u003e 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,\u003cb\u003e Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth\u003c\/b\u003e.Praise for Alice Walker’s poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A sensitive, spirited, and intelligent poet. Feeling is channeled into a style that is direct and sharp....Wit and tenderness combine into humanity.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, about \u003cb\u003eOnce\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In these poems there’s the power of a mind’s concentrated passion....Walker’s language moves among griefs, loves, hopes....There’s a compassion in the poems that is not only painfully earned but has, each time, to be earned over again—and it is this that gives it its authenticity.”\u003cbr\u003e—Denise Levertov, author of \u003cb\u003eLife in the Forest, About Good Night, Willie Lee, \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e I’ll See You in the Morning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Alice Walker] is exceptionally brave: She takes on subjects at which most writers would flinch and quail, and probably fail. She shrinks from no moral or emotional complexity....In Walker’s work nothing is ordinary....She is a marvelous writer.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Examiner \u0026amp; Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, about \u003cb\u003eYou Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Graceful in their spirituality, openness to experience, and rueful humor, Walker’s poems revolve around love and gratitude for the earth.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The overall effect is that of listening to a wise woman—the ‘apprentice elder’... whose gift to us is a vision of wholeness and delight in the world.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eALICE WALKER\u003c\/b\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for her novel \u003cb\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/b\u003e. Her other novels include \u003cb\u003eBy the Light of My Father’s Smile and Possessing the Secret of Joy\u003c\/b\u003e. She is also the author of three collections of short stories, three collections of essays, five previous volumes of poetry, and several children’s books. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, Walker now lives in northern California.\u003cb\u003eI Can Worship You\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Can Worship You\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI can worship You \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut I cannot give You everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you cannot \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdore \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you cannot \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePut your lips \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo my \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClear water.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you cannot \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRub bellies \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy sun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Love of Bodies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDearest One \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf flesh \u0026amp; bone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is in \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy memory \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuch a delight \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the recent feel of your warm body; \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYour flesh, and remembrance of the miracle \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf bone,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe structure of Your sturdy knee.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe softness of your belly \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCurves \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy hand; \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYour back \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWarms me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYour tush, seen bottomless, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs like a small, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUndefended Country \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn which is grown Yellow Melons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is such a blessing \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo be born \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInto these; \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd what a use \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo put \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThem to.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo hold, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo cherish, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo delight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tree next door\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Is losing \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts body \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey are cutting \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt down, piece \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy heavy piece \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReturning, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a thud, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo The earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMay she know peace \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEternal Returning to \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer source \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat her beauty \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLofty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntimate \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith air \u0026amp; fog \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWas seen \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd bowed to \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil this Transition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI send love \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd gratitude \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat Life \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSent you \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(And her) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo spend \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis time \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith me. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter the bombing of 9\/11, September 25, 2001\u003c\/i\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple and Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart; [quote] --Cleveland Plain Dealer","brand":"Random House Trade Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301138419941,"sku":"NP9780812971057","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780812971057.jpg?v=1767720999","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/absolute-trust-in-the-goodness-of-the-earth-isbn-9780812971057","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}