Every collection of poetry makes a force field of energy. W… - Joy Harjo

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Every collection of poetry makes a force field of energy. When creating you give yourself over to it. In the fiercest moments of imagination the artist may not know where they are going, the how and when of it, and it doesn't matter. What matters is the process regenerates and meaning shifts at every turn.

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About Joy Harjo

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

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Each collection of poetry makes a force field of energy.

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"Breath is our entrance into story making — it is a promise. It is a constant ritual that we all share, and it is essential in poetry."

You took me once
to an older part of earth
I'd never seen — where monsters were born
and killed.
They sacrificed everything
and nothing
for a taste of this
life.

I leave you to your ceremony of grieving
Which is also of celebration
Given when an honored humble one
Leaves behind a trail of happiness
In the dark of human tribulation.
None of us is above the other
In this story of forever.

Every collection of poetry makes a force field of energy. When creating you give yourself over to it. In the fiercest moments of imagination the arti… - Joy Harjo

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