Alice Walker the Poet
by: Philip Duvall, Marshan Franklin, and Jonathan Coomer
                  The Beginning Alice Walker was born on 
February 9, 1944. She was born 
in Eatonton,Georgia. Her  
mother was Minnie Walker and 
her father was Willie Walker 
She graduated from high  
school in 1961 and was the 
prom queen.When she was a  
freshman in college she was  
invited to Dr. Martin Luther  
King Jr's home. Alice started  
to love travel since the trip  
she took to Europe. She also  
mentored poet Muriel Ruykeyser 
and writer Jane Cooper.  
 
 
 
 
 
Alice's first collection of 
short stories that where  
published were inspired by  
Zora Neale Hurtson,a Halem  
Renaissance writer.Some of the 
storys where "In Love & 
Trouble" and "Revolutionary 
Petunias and Other Poems" 

Some of the other writings  
that Alice wrote are "Meridian" 
which recieved much acclaim. 
Another which is really  
popular is "The Color Purple" 
which won the Pulitzer Prize 
and made Alice world famous. 
A good book of poems is  
"Her Blue Body Everything We 
Know:Earthling Poems".She also 
wrote a childrens book in 1991 
called "Finding the Green 
Stone".  
 
 
 
 

   Alice Walker the Poet and Writer
 
              A Poem by Alice The Old Men Used to Sing 
in 
Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems 

The old men used to sing 
And lifted a brother 
Carefully 
Out the door 
I used to think they 
Were born 
Knowing how to 
Gently swing 
A casket 
They shuffled softly 
Eyes dry 
More awkward 
With the flowers 
Than with the window 
After they'd put the 
Body in 
And stood around waiting 
In their 
Brown suits 
 
 
 
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