If you
\nWant to show
\nYour love
\nFor America
\nLove
\nAmericans
\nSmile
\nWhen you see
\nOne
\nFlowerlike
\nHis
\nTurban
\nRosepink.<\/p>\n
Rejoice
\nAt the
\nEagle feather
\nIn a grandfather’s
\nBraid.<\/p>\n
If a sister
\nBus rider’s hair
\nIs
\nEspecially
\nNappy
\nA miracle
\nIn itself
\nPraise it.<\/p>\n
How can there be
\nHomeless
\nIn a land
\nSo crammed
\nWith houses<\/p>\n
&
\nYoung children
\nSold
\nAs sex snacks
\nCausing our thoughts
\nTo flinch &
\nSnag?<\/p>\n
Love your country
\nBy loving
\nAmericans.<\/p>\n
Love Americans.<\/p>\n
Salute the soul
\n& the body
\nOf who we
\nSpectacularly &
\nSometimes
\nPitifully are.
\nLove us. We are
\nThe flag.
\n…<\/p>\n
From her 2003 poetry collection, “Absolute Faith in the Goodness of the Earth”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you Want to show Your love For America Love Americans Smile When you see One Flowerlike His Turban Rosepink. Rejoice At the Eagle feather In a grandfather’s Braid. If a sister Bus rider’s hair Is Especially Nappy A miracle In itself Praise it. How can there be Homeless In a land So crammed With … Continue reading Patriot by Alice Walker<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[12,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5882"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5883,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5882\/revisions\/5883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}