I think the natural movement of love is an opening, a place… - Joy Harjo

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I think the natural movement of love is an opening, a place that makes connections...You have to be open in that way to write a poem that really works, and I think there's always love involved in the act of creation.

Joy Harjo

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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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I think the natural movement of love is an opening, a place that makes connections...You have to be open in that way to write a poem that really work… - Joy Harjo

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