When the world as as knew it ended, we stood up again in th… - Joy Harjo

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When the world as as knew it ended, we stood up again in the ruin, and found a way to keep walking through tears.

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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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When the world as as knew it ended, we stood up again in the ruin, and found a way to keep walking through tears. - Joy Harjo

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