30+ Fascinating Joy Harjo Quotes

Joy Harjo is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author. She is the incumbent United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold that honor. She is also only the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to serve three terms. Harjo was praised for the depth and thematic concerns in her writings.

The Last Song, Remember, The Woman Who Fell From the Sky, An American Sunrise are notable collections of the poetry of Joy Harjo. Crazy Brave: A Memoir is her Memoir. She was one of the recipients of the Outstanding Young Women of America in 1984. Harjo is a member of the American Philosophical Society since 2021. She is the Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets since 2019.

This is a collection of 30+ Joy Harjo Quotes on fear, love, and poetry. Let's take a look.

There is no poetry where there are no mistakes. Joy Harjo

We are truly blessed because we, Were born, and die soon within a, True circle of motion. Joy Harjo

I was born with eyes that can never close. Joy Harjo

I know I walk in and out of several worlds each day. Joy Harjo

All acts of kindness are lights in the war for justice. Joy Harjo

My generation is now the door to memory. That is why I am remembering. Joy Harjo

True power does not amass through the pain and suffering of others. Joy Harjo

I am a star falling from the night sky, I need you to catch me. Joy Harjo

Remember you are this universe and this universe is you. Joy Harjo

Be who you are, even if it kills you. It will. Over and over again. Even as you live. Break my heart, why don't you? Joy Harjo

The heart is a fist. It pockets prayer or holds rage. Joy Harjo

Humans are vulnerable and rely on the kindnesses of the earth and the sun; we exist together in a sacred field of meaning. Joy Harjo

I started writing to save my life. Joy Harjo

I never fit in. Everyone knew my dad was Indian. I was half-Indian. Joy Harjo

I chose poetry. Actually, poetry chose me. Joy Harjo

All cultures and peoples turn to poetry during times of celebration, transformation and challenge—those times when ordinary language cannot carry meaning beyond our understanding. Joy Harjo

I come from a long line of revolutionaries. Joy Harjo

Something echoes, all forgotten dreams. Joy Harjo

To the destroyers, Earth is not a person. They will want more until there is no more to steal. Joy Harjo

Nothing ever stays the same, whether it be poems or humans. Joy Harjo

The songs of the guardians of silence are the most powerful. Joy Harjo

Breath is our entrance into story making—it is a promise. It is a constant ritual that we all share, and it is essential in poetry. Joy Harjo

We will keep going despite dark Or a madman in a white house dream. Joy Harjo

I was anything but history. I was the wind. Joy Harjo

Earth, sky, stars circling my heart. Joy Harjo

She had horses who were the blue air of the sky. Joy Harjo

Each collection of poetry makes a force field of energy. Joy Harjo

History will always find you, and wrap you In its thousand arms. Joy Harjo

Gather strength, pull it in/ Be right where you are. Joy Harjo

Forever will be a day like this. Joy Harjo

Remember that you are all people and that all people are you. Joy Harjo

But come here, Fear. / I am alive! / And you are so afraid / of dying. Joy Harjo

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