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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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“We must take care to feed the minds, hearts, and spirits of those coming up behind us--to offer songs, poems, and stories that will break open that which is hardened, expose that which is evil-minded or would harm, and remind us how we are constructed to bring forth beauty of thought and beingness.”

Stories Evil Beauty Poems Next Generation Songs Future Generations

Book:Catching the Light

Source: Catching the Light

“Poetry keeps the door open to awe and ensures that we will find our way through the broken heart field of wars, losses and betrayals to understanding, compassion and gathering together.”

Poetry Understanding Healing Compassion Poems Awe Gathering

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“Nothing ever stays the same, whether it be poems or humans.”

Humans Change Evolution Poems Introduction She Had Some Horses Joy Harjo

Book:She Had Some Horses

Source: She Had Some Horses

“I study and read poems and try to put myself in them.”

Poetry Reading Poems She Had Some Horses Joy Harjo

Book:She Had Some Horses

Source: She Had Some Horses

About the Author

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

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She Had Some HorsesRelated source material

Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: PoemsRelated source material

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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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