Joy Harjo

LitCharts guides for works by Joy Harjo

Explore LitCharts poetry guides for works by Joy Harjo. Each guide offers line-by-line analysis, exploration of poetic devices, and helpful resources for studying Joy Harjo's poetry.

Eagle Poem

Joy Harjo's "Eagle Poem" invites readers to take an open, humble, caring attitude toward the world around them. Published in her 1990 collection In Mad Love and War, it centers on the speaker's mem... view guide

Once the World Was Perfect

"Once the World Was Perfect" was written by former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo, a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, and published in the 2015 collection Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings. The... view guide