How to Write a Poem in a Time of War by Joy Harjo
You. This is a poem by Joy Harjo, who was our poet laureate in the United States from 2019, I think, to 2021. It's from her collection called American Sunrise. I thought about this poem a lot during the invasions, the initial invasions of Ukraine, and often since, and I woke up with it again in my head this morning, thinking about what has happened in Israel over the last few days with the invasion of Hamas