“An American Sunrise” is full of celebration, crisis, brokenness and healing, with poems that rely on lyric techniques like repetition, avoidance of temporal specifics and the urge to speak ...

While I do not believe that Joy Harjo's recent appointment to the laureateship was intended as an explicit rebuke to President Trump, the poetry in her new book, An American Sunrise, casts an ...

We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. This poem departs from my usual mode of poetry which leans toward lyric, or lyric narrative. The form is call-and-response ...

Harjo read several of her works aloud to the audience, including “Without,” “Eagle Poem,” and “An American Sunrise.” Harjo said she thinks of poetry as a form of prayer. “I think maybe all poems are ...

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NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Friday greeted the nation on the first day of the new year by sharing a poem penned by him to give a message of optimism and resolve to win over darkness and obstacles.

Maya Angelou’s iconic poem “Still I Rise” has had an impact on the world that will echo throughout generations, especially for Black women. Everything about this poem—the repetition ...

A sunrise dip and poetry readings got the 11th annual Poetry Day off to a sparkling start in Co Wicklow, as swimmers and poets got together in Greystones. Poetry Day Ireland is taking place across ...