Joy Harjo - This Morning I Pray for my Enemies -Poem for the 7th Sunday after Epiphany, Year C

The Englewood Review of Books curates a weekly series of classic and contemporary poems that resonate with the themes of the lectionary readings. Here is one of the poems for this coming Sunday (More poems for the 7th Sunday after Epiphany, Year C can be found here)

This Morning I Pray for my Enemies

Joy Harjo

to accompany the lectionary reading: Luke 6:27-38

SNIPPET:

And whom do I call my enemy?

An enemy must be worthy of engagement.

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Joy Harjo is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author. She is the incumbent United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold that honor. She is also only the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to serve three terms. Harjo is a member of the Muscogee Nation.  (via Wikipedia)

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