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Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings Poems Author:Joy Harjo A long-anticipated new volume from one of our most celebrated and essential Native American voices.In these poems, the joys and struggles of the everyday are played against the grinding politics of being human. Joy Harjo the musician emerges, riffing improv around the tightly structured poems. These are resilient songs that can only be born afte... more »r losing a country. Called a ?magician and a master? (San Francisco Chronicle), Harjo is here at the top of her form.From ?Midnight is a horn player?
Midnight is a horn player warmed up tight for the last set. One a.m. is a drummer who knows how to lay it sweet. Two a.m. is a guitar player who is down on his luck. Three a.m. is a bass player walking the floor crazy for you. Four a.m. is a singer in silk who will do anything for love. Five a.m. is kept for the birds. Six a.m. is the cleaning crew smoking cigarettes while they wait for the door to open. Seven a.m. we?re having breakfast together at the diner that never closes. Eight a.m. and we shut it down, though the clock keeps running, all through the town. ---« less