Staff Pick of the Week

April is National Poetry Month. So we're scouring the WVLC shelves for our favorite volumes of verse.

This week's pick is Hard Times Require Furious Dancing by Alice Walker

Watching You Hold Your Hatred

Watching you
hold
your
hatred
for such a long time
I wonder:
Isn't it
slippery?
Might you
not
someday
drop it
on
yourself?

I wonder:
Where does it sleep
if ever?

And where
do
you deposit
it
while you
feed
your
children
or

sit
in the
lap
of
the one
who
cherishes
you?

There is no
graceful
way
to
carry
hatred.

While
hidden
it is
everywhere.

This title, and others like it, can be found in the West Virginia Library Commission Reference Library.