<p><b>The collected poems of the Pulitzer Prize winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE.</b><br><br>''I am the woman<br>offering two flowers<br>whose roots <br>are twin.<br>Justice and Hope<br>Hope and Justice<br>Let us begin''<br><br>Alice Walker has been writing poetry since the summer of 1965, when she travelled to East Africa and began the collection ONCE while sitting beneath a tree facing Mount Kenya.<br><br>Encompassing the collections ONCE, REVOLUTIONARY PETUNIAS & OTHER POEMS, GOOD NIGHT WILLIE LEE I''LL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING, and HORSES MAKE A LANDSCAPE LOOK MORE BEAUTIFUL as well as other poems, this is a wonderful, surprising, entertaining collection that offers a historical perspective on the evolution of both the poetry itself and the political and spiritual inspiration behind it.</p>