Perhaps The World Will End At The Kitchen Table

Published by Slaith February 21, 2026
Teach This Poem: “Perhaps the World Ends Here” by Joy Harjo | Academy ...

Teach This Poem: “Perhaps the World Ends Here” by Joy Harjo | Academy ...

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Perhaps the World Ends Here | The Poetry Foundation

Perhaps the World Ends Here | The Poetry Foundation

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A place to celebrate the terrible victory. We have given birth on this table, and have prepared our parents for burial here. At this table we sing with joy, with sorrow.

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Reads Her Poem “Perhaps the World Ends ...

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Reads Her Poem “Perhaps the World Ends ...

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We pray of suffering and remorse. We give thanks. Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, while we are laughing and crying, eating of the last sweet bite.

The World Begins at a Kitchen Table | Poetry Center

The World Begins at a Kitchen Table | Poetry Center

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Harjo's 'Perhaps the World Ends Here' reflects on life's cycles around the kitchen table, embodying birth, love, conflict, and death. Perhaps the World Ends Here by Joy Harjo The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live.

Irene Wood - The Kitchen Table - Visit Pioneer Square - Seattle, WA ...

Irene Wood - The Kitchen Table - Visit Pioneer Square - Seattle, WA ...

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The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table. So it has been since creation, and it will go on. We chase chickens or dogs away from it.

Perhaps the World Ends Here Summary and Study Guide | SuperSummary

Perhaps the World Ends Here Summary and Study Guide | SuperSummary

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Babies teethe at the corners. They scrape their knees under it. At these tables, we find the gift of more and perhaps even a glimpse of the giver.

TISCH DRAMA STAGE presents “Perhaps the World Ends Here,” a sci-fi epic ...

TISCH DRAMA STAGE presents “Perhaps the World Ends Here,” a sci-fi epic ...

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Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, after we have learned to laugh and weep with every sense of what it means to be human, eating and drinking in the uncontainable love and hospitality of a host who appears in the breaking of bread and welcomes us home. The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live.

TISCH DRAMA STAGE: Perhaps the World Ends Here

TISCH DRAMA STAGE: Perhaps the World Ends Here

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The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table. So it has been since creation, and it will go on. We chase chickens or dogs away from it.

Perhaps the World Ends Here Summary and Study Guide | SuperSummary

Perhaps the World Ends Here Summary and Study Guide | SuperSummary

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Babies teethe at the corners. They scrape their knees under it. It is here that children are given instructions on what it means to be human.

Perhaps the World Ends Here Poem Analysis | SuperSummary

Perhaps the World Ends Here Poem Analysis | SuperSummary

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We make men at it, we make. We have given birth on this table, and have prepared our parents for burial here. At this table we sing with joy, with sorrow.

We pray of suffering and remorse. We give thanks. Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, while we are laughing and crying, eating of the last sweet bite.

I call it the kitchen table poem. This table has been a house in the rain, an umbrella in the sun. We have given birth on this table, and have prepared our parents for burial here.

At this table we sing with joy, with sorrow. We pray of suffering and remorse. We give thanks.

Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, while we are laughing and crying, eating of the last. A place to celebrate the terrible victory. We have given birth on this table, and have prepared our parents for burial here.

At this table we sing with joy, with sorrow. We pray of suffering and remorse. We give thanks.

Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, while we are laughing and crying, eating of the last sweet bite. + Joy Harjo.