“Do not feed the monsters. Some are wandering thought forms, looking for a place to set up house. Some are sent to you deliberately. They come from arrows of gossip, jealousy, or envy–and inadvertently from thoughtlessness. They feed on your attention, and feast on your fear.”   So goes one of the transitional pieces in this relatively short, but expansive collection of poems by Joy Harjo. Harjo’s poems tap into a kind of timelessness and world-spirituality looking for longer visions of clarity and peace. What […]