Poetry is a vessel for greater understanding in the same way that a voice is a vessel for language,” Price said.

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Former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo gives an inspiring talk and ... The exhibit is based on Harjo's poem of the same name and opened last year at Crystal Bridges. Tickets are $20 ($15 for members ...

Brittany Ward, of Parkersburg High School, placed second behind Logan High School Student Emily Porter in the state Poetry ...

In urgent, lyrical lines, U.S. poet laureate Harjo, a member of the Muscogee (Creek ... new clothes, and joy for you”). As fluid, saturated images dotted with horses and rainbows follow the ...

Joy Harjo studied at the University of New Mexico and received an MFA from the University of Iowa. Her rich multicultural lineage–Harjo’s mother was part Cherokee, French, and Irish; her father was ...