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She Had Some Horses
She Had Some Horses | Joy Harjo
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In this powerful collection of poetry, Creek Indian Joy Harjo explores womanhood's most intimate moments. Professor, poetry award winner, performer, and former member of the National Council on the Arts, Harjos prose speaks of women's despair, of their imprisonment and ruin at the hands of men and society, but also of their awakenings, power, and love.
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Demeter2112
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With the year winding down, I figured I'd see where I was at with the #readingwomenchallenge thought I don't think I'll finish it this year (couldn't find a book about an athlete that looked interesting).

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Carissa-Green-Reads

I recently re-read Joy Harjo‘s “She Had Some Horses,” so I feel particularly in tune with today‘s news. Saw her read and play live a couple of years ago, and she was just wonderful. #poetlaureate

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suzisteffen
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📷 & ✍🏽LA Times:
“Harjo said she had received an unexpected voicemail message from Rob Casper, head of the Poetry and Literature Center of the Library of Congress.
‘I thought it was probably about the National Book Festival,‘ Harjo said. ‘I called back and Carla Hayden asked me if I'd be the 23rd U.S. poet laureate. It was like a lightning bolt going through me, a lightning bolt made of hopes, wishes, dreams, fears, terror, beauty, everything.‘”

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kspenmoll
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#PoetryMatters #November #Remember
The first time I heard Joy Harpo read this poem, her words, voice, pierced my being.

...Remember you are all people and all people
Are you.
Remember you are the universe and this
Universe is you
Remember all is in motion, is growing, is you...

https://youtu.be/gH0hp-n9gG8

Go to this link to hear the poet reciting her poem.

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kgriffith
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Class time.

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CarolynOliver
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For #IndigenousPeoplesDay, here are two collections by Native American poets I deeply admire. #wndb #poetry

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While books have come and gone over the years, She Had Some Horses has had a permanent space on my shelves. Joy Harjo's poems provide a connection to a world that is not yours while allowing you to connect your own experiences and emotions to her powerful words.