The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to…

The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live.

Joy Harjo

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What turned up: “Perhaps the World Ends Here,” The Woman Who Fell From the Sky (1994), opening stanza; Complete opening two-sentence stanza. Full poem and copyright credit read in the Academy of American Poets author-authorized reprint. The kitchen table becomes a place of family, community, celebration, grief, and
Work: “Perhaps the World Ends Here,” The Woman Who Fell From the Sky (1994), opening stanza
Sources checked: poets.orgChecked using manual, 20 October 2026“Perhaps the World Ends Here,” The Woman Who Fell From the Sky (1994), opening stanza; Complete opening two-sentence stanza. Full poem and copyright credit read in the Academy of American Poets author-authorized reprint. The kitchen table becomes a place of family, community, celebration, grief, and

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