She Had Some Horses Inuit while spring brings green shoots

while spring brings green shoots poking through melting snow and the chirping of peepers

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She Had Some Horses Inuit while spring brings green shootsFirst published in 1983 and now considered a classic, She Had Some Horses is a powerful exploration of womanhood's most intimate moments. Joy Harjo's poems speak of women's despair, of their imprisonment and ruin at the hands of men and society, but also of their awakenings, power, and love.