Poetry: Alice Walker
Published on Nov 21, 2015
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ALICE WALKER
ABBY ROSSITER BLOCK 4B
ALICE WALKER WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 1944 IN EATONTON, GEORGIA.
SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF A SHARECROPPER AND THE YOUNGEST OF EIGHT SIBLINGS.
ALICE GREW UP POOR. WHEN SHE WAS 8 SHE GOT SHOT IN HER EYE BY A BB GUN PLAYING WITH HER BROTHERS.
SHE THEN BECAME SELF CONSCIOUS OF THE MARK THAT IT LEFT. THIS CAUSED HER SHY PERSONALITY. IT ALSO LEFT HER PARTIALLY BLIND.
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ALICE STARTED WRITING POETRY AT A YOUNG AGE, AND OFTEN FOUND A PLACE TO SIT AND WRITE OUTSIDE.
SHE ATTENDED SEGREGATED SCHOOLS, AND GRADUATED VALEDICTORIAN OF HER CLASS.
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SHE THEN WENT TO SPELMAN COLLEGE IN ATLANTA, AND SWITCHED TO SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE IN NYC.
WHILE IN COLLEGE, SHE TRAVELED TO AFRICA AND BECAME INVOLVED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
ALICE WALKER WENT THROUGH HARD TIMES THROUGHOUT HER LIFE AND OFTEN THOUGHT OF SUICIDE,
ESPECIALLY BEFORE SHE HAD AN ABORTION. SHE TURNED TO WRITING, WHICH WAS A REASON FOR HER TO STAY ALIVE.
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AFTER COLLEGE, SHE WORKED AS A TEACHER, SOCIAL WORKER, AND LECTURER, ALONG WITH WRITING POETRY.
HER FIRST COLLECTION OF POETRY IS CALLED "ONCE" WHICH SHE WROTE WHILE IN AFRICA AND IN COLLEGE.
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ALICE MARRIED A WHITE CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY, MELVYN LAVENTHAL IN 1967. SHE DIVORCED HIM IN 1976.
THEYALSO HAD ONE DAUGHTER IN 1964 NAMED REBECCA.
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ALICE WALKER WROTE MANY BOOKS AND POEMS.
MOST OF HER WORK REFLECTED RACIAL ISSUES, AND CONTRASTING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN.
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ALICE WALKER WRITES FREE VERSE POETRY THAT RELATES TO HER LIFE.
I ENJOY HER POETRY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEMES THAT RELATE TO EVERYONE'S LIFE.
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WHEN YOU SEE WATER
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THE MODEL POEM I USED TO WRITE MY ORIGINAL POEM IS
"DON'T BE LIKE THOSE WHO ASK FOR EVERYTHING"
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BY ABBY ROSSITER
ORIGINAL POETRY
