Weaving sundown in a scarlet light : fifty poems for fifty years / Joy Harjo.
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.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
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. |
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Subject: | Harjo, Joy > Family > Poetry. American poetry. Creek Indians > History > Poetry. |
Genre: | Poetry. |
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Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | 811.54 HAR 2022 (Text) | 0002206011138 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light : Fifty Poems for Fifty Years
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Table of Contents
Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light : Fifty Poems for Fifty Years
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
---|---|---|
Foreword Sandra Cisneros | p. xi | |
The Last Song | p. 1 | |
Are You Still There? | p. 2 | |
Anchorage | p. 3 | |
For Alva Benson, and for Those Who Have Learned to Speak | p. 5 | |
The Woman Hanging from the Thirteenth-Floor Window | p. 7 | |
Remember | p. 10 | |
New Orleans | p. 11 | |
She Had Some Horses | p. 14 | |
I Give You Back | p. 17 | |
My House Is the Red Earth | p. 19 | |
Grace | p. 20 | |
Deer Dancer | p. 21 | |
For Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, Whose Spirit Is Present Here and in the Dappled Stars | p. 24 | |
Bird | p. 26 | |
Rainy Dawn | p. 28 | |
Santa Fe | p. 29 | |
Eagle Poem | p. 30 | |
The Creation Story | p. 31 | |
A Postcolonial Tale | p. 33 | |
The Dawn Appears with Butterflies | p. 35 | |
Perhaps the World Ends Here | p. 38 | |
A Map to the Next World | p. 40 | |
Emergence | p. 43 | |
The Path to the Milky Way Leads Through Los Angeles | p. 45 | |
Equinox | p. 47 | |
It's Raining in Honolulu | p. 48 | |
When the World as We Knew It Ended | p. 49 | |
For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet | p. 51 | |
Rahbit Is Up to Tricks | p. 54 | |
No | p. 56 | |
This Morning I Pray for My Enemies | p. 58 | |
Praise the Rain | p. 59 | |
Speaking Tree | p. 60 | |
Fall Song | p. 62 | |
Sunrise | p. 63 | |
Break My Heart | p. 64 | |
Washing My Mother's Body | p. 66 | |
How to Write a Poem in a Time of War | p. 71 | |
Running | p. 75 | |
My Man's Feet | p. 77 | |
Tobacco Origin Story | p. 79 | |
Redbird Love | p. 81 | |
An American Sunrise | p. 83 | |
Frog in a Dry River | p. 84 | |
Prepare | p. 86 | |
The Life of Beauty | p. 88 | |
How Love Blows Through the Trees | p. 90 | |
Sundown Walks to the Edge of the Story | p. 92 | |
Somewhere | p. 94 | |
Without | p. 97 | |
Notes | p. 99 | |
Acknowledgments | p. 125 |