“The creative act amazes me. Whether it's poetry, whether it's music, i...” — Joy Harjo Quote

“The creative act amazes me. Whether it's poetry, whether it's music, it's an amazing process, and it has something to do with bringing forth the old out into the world to create and to bring forth that which will rejuvenate.”

“Be who you are, even if it kills you.”

“There is no poetry where there are no mistakes.”

“I felt a Cleaving in my Mind—”

“I. Those of us born by water are never afraid enough of drowning. Bruises used to trophy my knees from my death-defying tree climb jumps. Growing up, my backyard was a forest of blackberry bushes. I learned early nothing sweet will come to you unthorned.”

“Be there a picnic for the devil,”