Some will not see them. But some will see the horses with … - Joy Harjo

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Some will not see them.

But some will see the horses with their hearts of sleeping volcanoes
and will be rocked awake
past their bodies

to see who they have become.

Joy Harjo

She Had Some Horses · November 30, 2005 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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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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Our class and our generation really shifted Native art, in the contemporary world art scene.

Bless the poets, the workers for justice,
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the visionaries, all makers and carriers of fresh
meaning — We will all make it through,
despite politics and wars, despite failures
and misunderstandings. There is only love.

I began to follow all of my thoughts and was surprised how many didn't belong to me. And how many had threads to ancestors, relatives, strangers, even plants, elements, and animals.

Some will not see them. But some will see the horses with their hearts of sleeping volcanoes and will be rocked awake past their bodies to see who … - Joy Harjo

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