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A review by whimsicallyjaded
How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems: 1975-2001 by Joy Harjo
4.0
I've now learned that it's really hard for me to read poetry. I have an all or nothing relationship with it: I'm either deeply moved and in love with a poem, and I think about it often or I feel completely indifferent. I feel like if I were more... attuned? with poetry and if the poetic structures made more sense to me I would've rated this a 5/5 instead of a 4/5
That being said, I do love Harjo's poetry a lot a lot a lot. She breathes so much life in her imagery and I think she is an incredible storyteller. Her poem, "Grace," will forever stick with me as a life-changing poem. I remember the say my AP Lit teacher started class with: "What does grace mean?" and how I left class that day on my own "epic search for grace" as Harjo puts it.
I think one day I'll pick this collection up again and feel warm and comforted by Harjo as new favorite poems reach me.
That being said, I do love Harjo's poetry a lot a lot a lot. She breathes so much life in her imagery and I think she is an incredible storyteller. Her poem, "Grace," will forever stick with me as a life-changing poem. I remember the say my AP Lit teacher started class with: "What does grace mean?" and how I left class that day on my own "epic search for grace" as Harjo puts it.
I think one day I'll pick this collection up again and feel warm and comforted by Harjo as new favorite poems reach me.