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alice walker | the nature of this flower is to bloom

Alice Walker

The Nature of This Flower Is to Bloom

Rebellious. Living.
Against the Elemental Crush.
A Song of Color
Blooming
For Deserving Eyes.
Blooming Gloriously
For its Self.


Revolutionary Petunia.

[from: THE SWEET BREATHING OF PLANTS, Women Writing on the Green World, Edited by Linda Hogan and Brenda Peterson, North Point Press, 2001]