Poetry for Our Times

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Mon, 12/15/2025 - 9:00am to 10:00am

Our guest Poetry Mole, Catherine Bax, shares the poem by Joy Harjo, “For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet.” Joy Harjo was the United States poet laureate in 2019. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1951, Harjo is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. The complete text of the poem is available at: https://poets.org/poem/calling-spirit-back-wandering-earth-its-human-feet

Storm Spirits by Evelyn de Morgan; image licensed for public use: https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=446648&picture=angels-spirits-vintage-art

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