![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lines such as "the horizon dances/ along the blue edge/ of the Manzanos/ wind is an arch/ a curve/ on the black wing of a crow" show an insight into the way in which she takes a larger image (the horizon, mountains) and narrows the scope towards a singular and much smaller subject (a crow). Her early work delves heavily into the southwest, examining the landscape in which she was writing and in which she began to come of age as a poet. It is a journey into the self, into politics, into heritage, and into sociology. As she states in the introduction, "There is no separation between poetry, the stories and events that link them, or the music that holds all together, just as there is no separation between human, animal, plant, sky, and earth." This sentence becomes, in a way, the thesis for her collection. In "How We Became Human," Harjo presents work from her vast oeuvre, presenting the reader with the chance to better understand the evolution of her style and her very self. Her work has spanned decades and genres, from music to poetry to memoir. Joy Harjo is one of the most accomplished American poets alive today. ![]()
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