Loretta Diane Walker
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  • Poems
    • From the Diary of Queen Vashti: A Letter to Esther
    • Two Wheelchairs and a Woman
    • I'm Not Asking for Handouts
    • Pointed Boots
    • The Ancient
    • Word Ghetto
    • Inquisition
    • Lifting Mama
    • Sisters
    • Do Not Disturb a Poem
  • Publication
  • Books
    • Forthcoming: In This House
    • Forthcoming: Her Texas
    • Word Ghetto
    • Word Flirtations
"Loretta Diane Walker writes with compassionate wisdom and insight. Her poems restore humanity." 
- Naomi Shihab Nye 

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Out of Odessa, Texas
a new voice
a strong voice
an honest voice

Loretta Diane Walker, a two-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize for poetry, has published two collections of her work. Her poetry can also be found in the new anthology of 60 Texas women poets entitled Her Texas and within her manuscript In This House, soon to be published by Bluelight Press, 1st World Publishing. Her manuscript Word Ghetto won the 2011 Bluelight Press Book Award. Her work has been honored many times and has appeared in numerous publications. 

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