Joy Harjo is an internationally celebrated poet of the Muscogee Nation, and it is with words that she processes this life - joy, hardships and, in a new book, grief. It's called "Washing My Mother ...

Joy Harjo is an internationally ... is so potent. And I remember being there when my first granddaughter was born. There was just something in that whole potent connection that - it goes beyond words.

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The blessing turned out to be a poem. Joy Harjo’s "Remember." Our host read the whole thing. It was such a brave and intimate action.

To remember ... of nature poems by 50 of the most accomplished poets working today, including the PEN/Voelcker Award winner Rigoberto González, the former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo, the ...