Inspired by Joy Harjo’s She Had Some Horses
She had songs that were loud and made you
clap your hands
She had songs that were loud and made you
want to hide
She had songs locked up in a tree
She had songs riding on the wing of a hawk
She had songs carried deep on the
back of a whale
She had some songs to sing
She had songs who traveled by flute
She had songs who blew out a trumpet
She had songs who thumped on a drum
She had songs who hid beneath keys
black and white
waiting to be released by love and passion
or chance.
She had some songs to sing
She had songs who walked in the desert
thirsty for years
She had songs who slept in the
caves
She had songs who tiptoed silently in the
rain forest dripping.
she had songs who surfed on storm waves
and songs who floated on placid lakes
She had songs who walked barefoot
through fire and grew in value
She had some songs to sing
She had songs dark as a moonless night
with no stars
She had songs light and sweet
as cotton candy
She had songs carved from wood
one slice at a time
She had songs of white marble
cut from the side of a mountain in Italy
She had songs made of blood
which came from the splinters of
a broken heart
making a river which brought us all to life
She had some songs to sing
She had some songs for traveling
She had some songs for restless babies
She had some songs for angry dogs
which also worked for some of her men.
She had songs to cook dinner by
She had many songs good for crying
She had many more to dance by.
She had some songs to sing.
She had some songs that were for sale.
She had some songs that refused to be sung
turned to stone
sunk to river’ s bottom
She had songs that came straight from God and
through the throat of a human angel
All of her songs came from the same place