You can't look for love, or it will run away from you. But, you know, don't look for it. Don't look for it. Just go where it is and appreciate it, and, you know, it will find you.
From Joy Harjo
The homeland affects you directly: it affects your body; it affects the collective mind and the collective heart and the collective spirit.
My ancestors include Monahwee, who was one of the leaders in the Red Stick War, which was the largest Indian uprising in history, and Osceola, who refused to sign a treaty with the United States.
Sometimes, I think, in order to get to something that we really want or we really love or something that needs to be realized, that we're tested.
You just go where poetry is, whether it's in your heart or your mind or in books or in places where there's live poetry or recordings.
I chose poetry. Actually, poetry chose me.
I never fit in. Everyone knew my dad was Indian. I was half-Indian.
The radio is playing jazz, and I listen to the sound of the trumpet playing a solo until I become that sound.
When explorers first encountered my people, they called us heathens, sun worshippers. They didn't understand that the sun is a relative and illuminates our path on this earth.
Humans are vulnerable and rely on the kindnesses of the earth and the sun; we exist together in a sacred field of meaning.
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