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In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day. Fire by Joy Harjo, the first Native American US Poet Laureate.

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A graphic of the poem fire by Joy Harjo.
October 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM Everybody can reply
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Alt-text: Abstract red and black background with a poem by Joy Harjo in white text. Transcribed Text: Recognize whose lands these are on which we stand. Ask the deer, turtle, and the crane. Make sure the spirits of these lands are respected and treated with goodwill. The land is a being who remembers everything. You will have to answer to your children, and their children, and theirs— The red shimmer of remembering will compel you up the night to walk the perimeter of truth for understanding... By listening we will understand who we are in this holy realm of words. — Joy Harjo from the poem Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings
October 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM Everybody can reply
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Alt-text: Abstract red and black background with a poem by Joy Harjo in white text. Transcribed Text: Recognize whose lands these are on which we stand. Ask the deer, turtle, and the crane. Make sure the spirits of these lands are respected and treated with goodwill. The land is a being who remembers everything. You will have to answer to your children, and their children, and theirs— The red shimmer of remembering will compel you up the night to walk the perimeter of truth for understanding... By listening we will understand who we are in this holy realm of words. — Joy Harjo from the poem Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings
October 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM Everybody can reply
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"The kitchen table was a university of knowledge especially when it was filled with neighbors and relatives who shared food and stories" (Girl Warrior, 27).
Venez à la rencontre de #JoyHarjo le 24 novembre à @ubmontaigne.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM Everybody can reply
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Lionel Larré
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SAVE THE DATE! Le 24 novembre 2025, l'immense poète #JoyHarjo sera à Bordeaux et se verra remettre le titre de docteur honoris causa par @ubmontaigne.bsky.social. La cérémonie est publique. A ne pas manquer !
October 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM Everybody can reply
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Charlotte the Procrastinator
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Remember by Joy Harjo
Remember the sky that you were born under, know each of the star’s stories. Remember the moon, know who she is. Remember the sun’s birth at dawn, that is the strongest point of time. Remember sundown and the giving away to night. Remember your birth, how your mother struggled to give you form and breath. You are evidence of her life, and her mother’s, and hers. Remember your father. He is your life, also. Remember the earth whose skin you are: red earth, black earth, yellow earth, white earth brown earth, we are earth. Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their tribes, their families, their histories, too. Talk to them, listen to them. They are alive poems. Remember the wind. Remember her voice. She knows the origin of this universe. Remember you are all people and all people are you. Remember you are this universe and this universe is you. Remember all is in motion, is growing, is you. Remember language comes from this. Remember the dance language is, that life is. Remember.
October 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM Everybody can reply
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Joy Harjo:
🎵 Calling the Spirit Back

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Calling the Spirit Back
Joy Harjo · I Pray for My Enemies · Song · 2021
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September 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM Everybody can reply
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The Lifeboat Academy
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A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "Remember that you are all people and that all people are you." — Joy Harjo
September 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM Everybody can reply
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Don't Bother the Earth Spirit by Joy Harjo
Don’t bother the earth spirit who lives here. She is working on a story. It is the oldest story in the world and it is delicate, changing. If she sees you watching she will invite you in for coffee, give you warm bread, and you will be obligated to stay and listen. But this is no ordinary story. You will have to endure earthquakes, lightning, the deaths of all those you love, the most blinding beauty. It’s a story so compelling you may never want to leave; this is how she traps you. See that stone finger over there? That is the only one who ever escaped.
August 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM Everybody can reply
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"When I began to listen to poetry… I began to listen to what the clouds had to say." ~ Joy Harjo

Brittany Wolcott caught this sky in Maine—clouds, light, and water speaking all at once.

Read more on the blog: bit.ly/3UwkOAU

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Listen to the Clouds
Head in the Clouds Amherst is a community of people who are fascinated by life, weather, clouds, nature, and all the places that take our breath away.
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August 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM Everybody can reply
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Dirty Works
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Can't wait!!!

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@joyharjoforreal rocks!!!

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July 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM Everybody can reply
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MJP
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“I now understand how a whole country can drink/
From the waters of illusion and go down.”

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“Overwhelm”
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June 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM Everybody can reply
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occupyonelove.bsky.social ❤️OccupyOneLove❤️ @occupyonelove.bsky.social · Dec 20

When you listen to silence,
it is so full of everything.

It is sort of like how
white light is full
of every color
and yet
it is white

It is like that with silence
Silence is like
The white light of sound.

~Joy Harjo
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#poems #poetry #indigenous #indisky #SkyBack.
Dark background, Joy Harjo's photo from around 2018 When you listen to silence, it is so full of everything. It is sort of like how white light is full of every color and yet it is white It is like that with silence Silence is like The white light of sound. ~Joy Harjo
June 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM Everybody can reply
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I have not posted her words in a while, here are 2 from some of her books

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occupyonelove.bsky.social ❤️OccupyOneLove❤️ @occupyonelove.bsky.social · Dec 20

If you do not answer the
noise and urgency
of your gifts,
They will turn on you,
drag you down with
their immense sadness
at being abandoned.

~Joy Harjo
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#poems #poetry #indigenous #indisky
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June 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM Everybody can reply
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For Keeps by Joy Harjo
Sun makes the day new. Tiny green plants emerge from earth. Birds are singing the sky into place. There is nowhere else I want to be but here. I lean into the rhythm of your heart to see where it will take us. We gallop into a warm, southern wind. I link my legs to yours and we ride together, Toward the ancient encampment of our relatives. Where have you been? they ask. And what has taken you so long? That night after eating, singing, and dancing We lay together under the stars. We know ourselves to be part of mystery. It is unspeakable. It is everlasting. It is for keeps.
June 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM Everybody can reply
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‘We have to gather’: Joy Harjo discusses Native poetry, importance of diversity, equity and inclusion

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June 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM Everybody can reply
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Praise the Rain by Joy Harjo
Praise the rain, the seagull dive The curl of plant, the raven talk— Praise the hurt, the house slack The stand of trees, the dignity— Praise the dark, the moon cradle The sky fall, the bear sleep— Praise the mist, the warrior name The earth eclipse, the fired leap— Praise the backwards, upward sky The baby cry, the spirit food— Praise canoe, the fish rush The hole for frog, the upside-down— Praise the day, the cloud cup The mind flat, forget it all— Praise crazy. Praise sad. Praise the path on which we’re led. Praise the roads on earth and water. Praise the eater and the eaten. Praise beginnings; praise the end. Praise the song and praise the singer. Praise the rain; it brings more rain. Praise the rain; it brings more rain.
May 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM Everybody can reply
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#OnThisDay in 1951, #JoyHarjo, American #poet, musician and 1st Native American US Poet Laureate (2019-22), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ⋆.˚🦋༘⋆
#HappyBirthday #74
May 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM Everybody can reply
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#dailyquotes #joyharjo
May 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM Everybody can reply
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Good Medicine Press
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Our modern matriarch, Joy Harjo, details how transformations can come from awkward phases.⁠ ⁠

The former U.S. poet laureate spoke with NPR's Rachel Martin about writing as a way to have second chances.

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May 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM Everybody can reply
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Good morning and happy Wednesday!
"The arrival of spring is a reminder that life has its cycles, and we too can grow again."
#JoyHarjo
Let’s embrace today’s beauty!
#WednesdayMorning #SpringVibes #GoodMorning #NatureLover #MidweekMotivation
April 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM Everybody can reply
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A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “There is no separation. We are all from the same place. As long as there is respect and acknowledgement of connections, things continue working. When that stops we all die.” — Joy Harjo
April 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM Everybody can reply
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Nancy Quinn
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Joy Harjo believes in second chances www.npr.org/2025/04/24/n...

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Joy Harjo believes in second chances
Joy Harjo is one of the most revered poets in the United States. On this week's Wild Card with Rachel Martin, the former U.S. poet laureate talks about how writing can give you second chances.
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April 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM Everybody can reply
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Children's Book Project
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Celebrating #EarthDay with the beautiful picture book “Remember” by US Poet Laureate #JoyHarjo and illustrator #MichaelaGoade.

A powerful, iconic poem paired with vivid paintings that invite readers to reflect on the wonder of the natural world, our place in it, and our connection to one another.
April 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM Everybody can reply
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Joy Harjo, For Keeps #joyharjo
April 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM Everybody can reply
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