Joy Harjo is serving her second term as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States. She works with First Nation storytelling and histories AND feminist and social justice. Here is 5 ways to become her Superfan! #KnowHarjo
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Dee uses a Polaroid camera to take pictures of her mother, sister, and their house. However, these images are a form up condescension, used to gawk and look down upon them. These images are neither a gesture of admiration nor sentimental feelings. #en2b#everydayuse
Djaki Kundu, sacred land to the native tribes of Kabi Kabi, is set to receive a highway expansion going through it even though it is a crime in Australia to destroy Aboriginal cultural heritage. They are raising money to launch legal intervention to prevent the roadworks. #en2arc
'It is a crime under Australian law to destroy Aboriginal cultural heritage': Kabi Kabi Traditional Owners continue their fight to protect Djaki Kundu sacred site from highway expansion. #INDIGENOUS#FirstNations
Portmanteau-2 or more words joined together to create a new word.
Balaload: Balanced workload
A teacher should assign a balaload, not expect their students to read 40 pages in one night!!
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This reminded me of Fletcher bc she wanted to leave an impact on her students and get through to them. She was passionate about what she was teaching and wanted to pass that on to her students. The poem mentioning loving water is a bonus!
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“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” ~ Sylvia Plath
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“There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly: sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
When reading "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow", I kept asking myself "Why do they keep bringing more generations into such a depressing and already overcrowded world?" This poem called "For the Love of Our Children" toys with that same question: https://t.co/wRk6H1bxBK
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