- Paperback: 80 pages
- Publisher: THUNDER'S MOUTH PRESS; New edition edition (May 1 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1560251190
- ISBN-13: 978-1560251194
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.7 x 0.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,029,060 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Joy Harjo's haunting poetry explores the pain, depth, and hope that women share
In this powerful collection of poems, Creek Indian Joy Harjo explores womanhood's most intimate moments. Her prose speaks of women's despair, of their imprisonment and ruin at the hands of men and society, but also of their awakenings, power, and love. The recipient of the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America and the American Book Award, Joy Harjo's most recent publications are The Woman Who Fell from the Sky and The Spiral of Memory, a collection of interviews. She lives in Albuquerque, NM.
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Thanks to PBS for introducing Joy Harjo,
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This review is from: She Had Some Horses: Second Edition (Paperback)
My introduction to Joy Harjo was her recitation of some of her poetry on a PBS special - that recitation included the title piece from this volume; it convinced me that I had to read her work. I have never been disappointed. Unlike her later books that contain a number of prose poems, this book contains only free form poems. However, the poems are often highly rhythmic in a musical sense - I was not suprised to find that she is an accomplished jazz saxophone player. Her images are creative and clear - brilliant word gems which are scattered in the poems: "horses neighing / at the razor sky"The poetry is starkly truthful - universal human lives using alcohol to escape their pain, seeking love ... But this universality is expressed primarily from her Cree culture, expressed in a way that allows us to see another world view, to see her experience within that world view. An example: "She feels the sky / tethered to the changing / earth, and her skin / responds, like a woman / to her lover." Beautiful contemporary poetry not to be missed.
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Thanks to PBS for introducing Joy Harjo,
By M. J. Smith - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: She Had Some Horses: Second Edition (Paperback)
My introduction to Joy Harjo was her recitation of some of her poetry on a PBS special - that recitation included the title piece from this volume; it convinced me that I had to read her work. I have never been disappointed. Unlike her later books that contain a number of prose poems, this book contains only free form poems. However, the poems are often highly rhythmic in a musical sense - I was not suprised to find that she is an accomplished jazz saxophone player. Her images are creative and clear - brilliant word gems which are scattered in the poems: "horses neighing / at the razor sky"The poetry is starkly truthful - universal human lives using alcohol to escape their pain, seeking love ... But this universality is expressed primarily from her Cree culture, expressed in a way that allows us to see another world view, to see her experience within that world view. An example: "She feels the sky / tethered to the changing / earth, and her skin / responds, like a woman / to her lover." Beautiful contemporary poetry not to be missed. 2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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in awe,
By Sanford Abrahams - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: She Had Some Horses (Paperback)
I am in awe of the power of the title poem. I have read it over and over again for many years. So much power, truly awesome.
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