All the Tired Horses in the Sun by Joy Harjo - Poems | poets.

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All the Tired Horses in the Sun

Joy Harjo - 1951-

from “Mama and Papa Have the Going Home

Shiprock Blues”

Forever.
And ever.
And ever. Joy Harjo was appointed the new United
States poet laureate in 2019. Born in
There’s my cousin. Auntie. Uncle. Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1951, Harjo is a
member of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation.
Another cousin. She is the author of several books of
poetry, including An American Sunrise,
Ever. which is forthcoming from W. W. Norton
in 2019, and Conflict Resolution for Holy
And ever. Beings (W. W. Norton, 2015). She is a
current Chancellor of the Academy of
And ever. American Poets and lives in Tulsa,
Vending machines and pop. Oklahoma.

Chips, candy, and not enough clean water. More Joy Harjo >
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Go water the horses.

This poem was commissioned for T.C. Cannon: At the Edge of America, a book edited by
Karen Kramer and published by Peabody Essex Museum. Copyright © 2018 by Joy Harjo.
Used with the permission of the author.

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