I wanted to see everything. It was around the time I acquired language, or even before that time, when something happened that changed my relationship to the spin of the world. My concept of language, of what was possible with music was changed by this revelatory moment. It changed even the way I look at the sun.

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Joy Harjo was a 20th-century American poet laureate. Joy Harjo is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author. She served as the 23rd United States Poet Laureate from 2019 to 2022, the first Native American to hold that honor. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Music — The universal language of melody, rhythm, and harmony

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