Revolutionary Petunias (original 1973; edition 1973)

by Alice Walker

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These poems are about revolutionaries and lovers-about how, both in revolution and in love, loss of trust and compassion robs us of hope. They are also about (and for) those few embattled souls who remain painfully committed to beauty and to love even while facing the firing squad." Quick, direct, witty, pungent" (DeWitt Beall, Chicago Daily News).… (more)

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Title:	Revolutionary Petunias
Authors:	Alice Walker
Info:	Harvest Books (1973), Paperback, 96 pages
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While this collection of poems is not as developed as her later poems, many of the themes of family and church, particularly in the first section, resonated with me. Walker's form uses short lines and short poems. (

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Of Leaf and Flower: Stories and Poems for Gardeners by Charles Dean

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These poems are about revolutionaries and lovers-about how, both in revolution and in love, loss of trust and compassion robs us of hope. They are also about (and for) those few embattled souls who remain painfully committed to beauty and to love even while facing the firing squad." Quick, direct, witty, pungent" (DeWitt Beall, Chicago Daily News).

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