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Joy Harjo Quote: “I believe that poets have to be inside their poems somewhere, or the poem won't work.”
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Joy Harjo Quote: “I listen to the gunfire we cannot hear, and begin this journey with the light of knowing the root of my own furious love...”
![Nat'l Endow f/t Arts on Twitter: ""Don't worry about what a poem means. Do you ask what a song means before you listen? Just listen." — @joyharjo Did you know Joy Harjo's Nat'l Endow f/t Arts on Twitter: ""Don't worry about what a poem means. Do you ask what a song means before you listen? Just listen." — @joyharjo Did you know Joy Harjo's](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EE2gYMWX4AI87sG.jpg)
Nat'l Endow f/t Arts on Twitter: ""Don't worry about what a poem means. Do you ask what a song means before you listen? Just listen." — @joyharjo Did you know Joy Harjo's
Charlotte Center for Literary Arts - This quote comes from Joy Harjo's poem "The World was Perfect." She is the 23rd Poet Laureate and the first Native American to hold this honor. #
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