For Alice Walker (A Summertime Tanka) Poem by June Jordan

For Alice Walker (A Summertime Tanka)

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Redwood grove and war
You and me talking Congo
gender grief and ash

I say, 'God! It's all so huge'
You say, 'These sweet trees: This tree'

June Jordan
Thursday, April 22, 2010
poem poems grief tree war summertime
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