“‘Praise crazy. Praise sad.
Praise the path on which we’re led,.
Praise the roads on earth and water.
Praise the eater and the eaten.
Praise beginnings; praise the end.
Praise the song and praise the singer.

Praise the rain; it brings more rain.
Praise the rain; it brings more rain.’††”

2026

sheep’s wool, cotton, wild clay, red slip, steel

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†† Joy Harjo, “Praise the Rain,” In Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2015), 85.