It's possible to understand the world from studying a leaf.… - Joy Harjo

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It's possible to understand the world from studying a leaf. You can comprehend the laws of aerodynamics, mathematics, poetry and biology through the complex beauty of such a perfect structure.

It's also possible to travel the whole globe and learn nothing.

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Joy Harjo (May 9, 1951) is a poet, musician, author and the first Native American United States Poet Laureate.

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My innate impulse is healing, which is also standing up for justice, which can heal hearts and nations.

Was it sleep?
Or the star-dancer come for her dance?
There are stars who have names, who are
dreams. There are stars who have families
who are music. She thought she woke up.

What a wild dilemma,
how to make it to the stars on a highway slick with fear

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