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Joy Harjo is an American Indian poet born on May 9, 1951. Her work blends poetry, music, and visual art, exploring Native American culture, identity, and the female experience. Harjo is known for her unique voice and profound emotional expression, and her poetry has won numerous literary awards.

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“The door to the mind should only open from the heart. An enemy who gets in, risks the danger of becoming a friend.”

Mind Heart Poetry Brain Friends Poem Enemies

Book:Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems

Source: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems

“There are always flowers, Love cries, or blood. Someone is always leaving By exile, death, or heartbreak. The heart is a fist. It pockets prayer or holds rage.”

Love Heart Poetry Prayer Poem Anger Leaving Rage

Book:An American Sunrise

Source: An American Sunrise

“These are the ice horses, horses who entered through your head, and then your heart, your beaten heart. These are the ones who loved you. They are the horses who have held you so close that you have become a part of them, an ice horse galloping into fire.”

Love Heart Poetry Transformation Broken Heart Imagery Head And Heart She Had Some Horses Joy Harjo

Book:She Had Some Horses

Source: She Had Some Horses

“earth, sky, stars circling my heart”

Heart Poetry Elements She Had Some Horses Joy Harjo

Book:She Had Some Horses

Source: She Had Some Horses

“It is memory that provides the heart with impetus, fuels the brain, and propels the corn plant from seed to fruit.”

Heart Memories Brain Plant Fruit Seeds Fuel Corn Impetus

Author:Joy Harjo

“I have more questions than answers in this world as do most poets and writers. The field of memory we exist in is absolutely encompassing and is both a question and answer. It is memory that provides the heart with impetus, fuels the brain, and propels the corn plant from seed to fruit.”

World Heart Memories Answers Brain Fields This World Poet Plant Fruit Seeds Fuel Corn Questions And Answers Impetus

Author:Joy Harjo

About the Author

Born: May 9, 1951
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 138

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How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2002Related source material

The spiral of memory: interviewsRelated source material

A Map to the Next World: Poems and TalesRelated source material

The Pueblo Imagination: Landscape and Memory in the Photography of Lee MarmonRelated source material

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