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Weaving sundown in a scarlet light : fifty poems for fifty years / Joy Harjo.

Harjo, Joy, (author.).

Summary:

A magnificent selection of fifty poems to celebrate three-term US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's fifty years as a poet.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781324036487
  • ISBN: 1324036486
  • Physical Description: xviii, 127 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.

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Formatted Contents Note:
Last song -- Are you still there? -- Anchorage -- For Alva Benson, and for those who have learned to speak -- Woman hanging from the thirteenth-floor window -- Remember -- New Orleans -- She had some horses -- I give you back -- My house is the red earth -- Grace -- Deer dancer -- For Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, whose spirit is present here and in the dappled stars -- Bird -- Rainy dawn -- Santa Fe -- Eagle poem -- Creation story -- Postcolonial tale -- Dawn appears with butterflies -- Perhaps the world ends here -- Map to the next world -- Emergence -- Path to the Milky Way leads through Los Angeles -- Equinox -- It's raining in Honolulu -- When the world as we knew it ended -- For calling the Spirit back from wandering the Earth in its human feet -- Rabbit is up to tricks -- No -- This morning I pray for my enemies -- Praise the rain -- Speaking tree -- Fall song -- Sunrise -- Break my heart -- Washing my mother's body -- How to write a poem in a time of war -- Running -- My man's feet -- Tobacco origin story -- Redbird love -- American sunrise -- Frog in a dry river -- Prepare -- Life of beauty -- How love blows through the trees -- Sundown walks to the edge of the story -- Somewhere -- Without.
Subject: Harjo, Joy > Family > Poetry.
American poetry.
Creek Indians > History > Poetry.
Genre: Poetry.

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Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light : Fifty Poems for Fifty Years
Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light : Fifty Poems for Fifty Years
by Harjo, Joy; Cisneros, Sandra (Foreword by)
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Table of Contents

Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light : Fifty Poems for Fifty Years

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Foreword   Sandra Cisnerosp. xi
The Last Songp. 1
Are You Still There?p. 2
Anchoragep. 3
For Alva Benson, and for Those Who Have Learned to Speakp. 5
The Woman Hanging from the Thirteenth-Floor Windowp. 7
Rememberp. 10
New Orleansp. 11
She Had Some Horsesp. 14
I Give You Backp. 17
My House Is the Red Earthp. 19
Gracep. 20
Deer Dancerp. 21
For Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, Whose Spirit Is Present Here and in the Dappled Starsp. 24
Birdp. 26
Rainy Dawnp. 28
Santa Fep. 29
Eagle Poemp. 30
The Creation Storyp. 31
A Postcolonial Talep. 33
The Dawn Appears with Butterfliesp. 35
Perhaps the World Ends Herep. 38
A Map to the Next Worldp. 40
Emergencep. 43
The Path to the Milky Way Leads Through Los Angelesp. 45
Equinoxp. 47
It's Raining in Honolulup. 48
When the World as We Knew It Endedp. 49
For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feetp. 51
Rahbit Is Up to Tricksp. 54
Nop. 56
This Morning I Pray for My Enemiesp. 58
Praise the Rainp. 59
Speaking Treep. 60
Fall Songp. 62
Sunrisep. 63
Break My Heartp. 64
Washing My Mother's Bodyp. 66
How to Write a Poem in a Time of Warp. 71
Runningp. 75
My Man's Feetp. 77
Tobacco Origin Storyp. 79
Redbird Lovep. 81
An American Sunrisep. 83
Frog in a Dry Riverp. 84
Preparep. 86
The Life of Beautyp. 88
How Love Blows Through the Treesp. 90
Sundown Walks to the Edge of the Storyp. 92
Somewherep. 94
Withoutp. 97
Notesp. 99
Acknowledgmentsp. 125

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