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NAOMI SHIHAB NYE

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Poems found: 297

ALIVE

BURNING THE OLD YEAR

DAILY

FAMOUS

GATE A-4

HAUNTED

KINDNESS

MAKING A FIST

TRUTH SERUM

THE LIST

SUPPLE CORD

FOR MOHAMMED ZEID OF GAZA, AGE 15

ISLE OF MULL, SCOTLAND

CHANGED

SO MUCH HAPPINESS

HIGH HOPES

PLEASE DESCRIBE HOW YOU BECAME A WRITER

A WAY AROUND

SIFTER

THE TRAY

WHAT HE SAID TO HIS ENEMIES

WHAT PEOPLE DP

REMEMBERED

ALL THINGS NOT CONSIDERED

OBSERVER

THE MUSIC BOX

DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRAY

THE SONG

THE WORDS UNDER THE WORDS

BREAKING MY FAVORITE BOWL

FULL DAY

YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL

THE ART OF DISAPPEARING

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE

FOR MOHAMMED ON THE MOUNTAIN

MAD

STAIN

NEGOTIATIONS WITH A VOLCANO

SAN ANTONIO

STREETS

TWO COUNTRIES

FRANKLY

SLEEPING AND WAKING

MONA'S TACO

KNITTING, CROCHETING, SEWING

HUGGING THE JUKEBOX

LAST AUGUST HOURS BEFORE THE YEAR 2000

THE MAN WHO HATED TREES

THE STORY AROUND THE CORNER

HIDDEN

FOLD

CROSS THAT LINE

MISSING THE BOAT

RED BROCADE

A VALENTINE FOR ERNEST MANN

IF GOD WON'T TAKE ME WHY WON'T THE DEVIL?'; GREAT-GREAT-AUNT LEONORA

ACROSS THE BAY

ALASKA

ALMOST, NEVER

ALONE

ALPHABET

ALWAYS BRING A PENCIL

ANY NUMBER

ARABIC (JORDAN, 1992)

BECAUSE OF LIBRARIES WE CAN SAY THESE THINGS

BEING FROM ST. LOUIS

BILL'S BEANS; FOR WILLIAM STAFFORD

BOOKS WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED IN YEARS

BOY AND EGG

BOY AND MOM AT THE NUTCRACKER BALLET

BOY'S SLEEP

BREAKING THE FAST

BRUSHING LIVES

BUTTER BOX

CAPE COD

CATALOGUE ARMY

COMING SOON

CONTINUAL USAGE

DARLING

DUCKS

EARLY RISER

ELEVATOR

ENTHUSIASM IN TWO PARTS

ESCAPE

ESTATE SALE: THE SCRABBLE GAME OF A DEAD WOMAN

EVEN AT WAR

EYE TEST

FEATHER

FIREFLIES

FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK

FOR THE 500TH DEAD PALESTINIAN, IBTISAM BOZIEH

FROM HERE TO THERE

FROM THIS DISTANCE

FUEL

FUNDAMENTALISM

GENETICS

GLINT

GRANDFATHER'S HEAVEN

HALF-AND-HALF

HELLO

HIS SECRET

HOLY LAND

HOW FAR IS IT TO THE LAND WE LEFT?

HOW PALESTINIANS KEEP WARM

I FEEL SORRY FOR JESUS

I STILL HAVE EVERYTHING YOU GAVE ME

IN THAT TIME

IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

INSIDE THE RIDDLE

JERUSALEM (1)

KEEP DRIVING

LAST SONG FOR THE MEND-IT SHOP

LATE

LITTLE BLANCO RIVER

LIVING AT THE AIRPORT

LIVING WHERE WE DO

LIVING WITH MISTAKES

LOST

LUGGAGE

LULLABY FOR REGRET

MESSENGER

MORNING GLORY

MORNING PAPER, SOCIETY PAGE

MUCHAS GRACIAS POR TODO

MUSIC

MY FATHER AND THE FIGTREE

MY FRIEND'S DIVORCE

MY GRANDMOTHER IN THE STARS

MY UNCLE'S FAVORITE COFFEE SHOP

NEW YEAR (2)

NEXT TIME

NIAGARA

ONE BOY TOLD ME

ONGOING

OPEN HOUSE

OUR PRINCIPAL

OUR SON SWEARS HE HAS 102 GALLONS OF WATER IN HIS BODY

PANCAKES WITH SANTA

PASSING IT ON

PAUSE

POINT OF ROCKS, TEXAS

PRAYER IN MY BOOT

PROBLEMS WITH THE STORY

QUIET OF THE MIND

SAD MAIL

SAN ANTONIO MI SANGRE: FROM THE HARD SEASON

SHOULDERS

SNOW

SO THERE

SPARROW BONES

STEPS

STRING

THE ATTIC AND ITS NAILS

THE DIFFICULT LIFE OF A YOKOHAMA LEAF

THE GRIEVING RING

THE LAST DAY OF AUGUST

THE LITTLE BROTHER POEM

THE MAN WHOSE VOICE HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM HIS THROAT

THE PALESTINIANS HAVE GIVEN UP PARTIES

THE RIDER

THE TIME

THE TURTLE SHRINE NEAR CHITTAGONG

THE WHOLE SELF

THOSE WHOM WE DO NOT KNOW

TONGUE-TIED

TRAVEL ALARM

TRYING TO NAME WHAT DOESN'T CHANGE

VALENTINE FOR ERNEST MANN

VISIT

VOCABULARY OF DEARNESS

VOICES

WAIKIKI

WEDDING CAKE

WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN

WHAT SHE WAS DOING AT HOME

WHAT'S HERE

WORDS WHEN WE NEED THEM

WRITER'S CONFERENCE

YEAST

YELLOW GLOVE

YOUR NAME ENGRAVED ON A GRAIN OF RICE

BLOOD

RAIN

THE SMALL VASES FROM HEBRON

THE TRAVELING ONION

WHAT BRINGS US OUT

DEFINITE SHORE

ARABIC COFFEE

AT MOTHER TERESA'S

AUDIENCE

BEYOND THIS WORLD THERE ARE TWENTY OTHER WORLDS

BLOOD

BREAKING MY FAVORITE BOWL

BROKEN CLOCK

BURNING

CALIFORNIA TIME, TEXAS TIME

CATALOGUE ARMY

DEBRIS

DEFINING WHITE

DEW

EARTH, SELS

ESCAPE

FAMOUS

FLASHBULB

FOR LOST AND FOUND BROTHERS

FOR LUKE, LEAVING US

FRENCH MOVIES

GOING FOR PEACHES, FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS

GRANDFATHER'S HEAVEN

GRATEFUL

HAMMER AND NAIL

HAWAIIAN PUNCH PRAYER, AUGUST

HELLO

HER WAY

HERE

HOUSE WITH NO ONE IN IT

HUGGING THE JUKEBOX

INTENSIVE CARE

JACK KEROUAC'S WILL

JERUSALEM (2)

LA FERIA

LEO

LITTLE BLANCO RIVER

LIVES OF THE WOMEN POETS

LOOKING FOR THE CAT GRAVE

LUNCH IN NABLUS CITY PARK

MAKING A FIST

MINE

MOON TRIO

MOTHER OF NOTHING

MUSIC

MY FATHER AND THE FIGTREE

MY UNCLE MOHAMMED AT MECCA, 1981

NEGOTIATIONS WITH A VOLCANO

NEW YEAR (1)

NEWS TRAVELLING WELL

NINE YEARS LATER

NO ONE THINKS OF TEGUCIGALPA

NOBODY'S NEWSPAPER

OFFICE 337, WHEELER HALL, BERKELEY

OLD IRON

OLIVE JAR

OVER THE FENCE

PABLO AND I HAVE LUNCH

PAKISTAN WITH OPEN ARMS

PASSWORD

PINS

PRAYER IN MY BOOT

RAIN

ROPES

SLEEP'S LITTLE HOUSE

SOME RELIEF TO THINK OF STARS

SPEAKING ARABIC

SPRUCE STREET, BERKELEY

STREETS

SURE

TELLING LESS: 1

TELLING LESS: 2

TELLING LESS: 3

TELLING THE STORY

BRICK

EDGE OF A COUNTRY

ENDLESS INDIAN NIGHTS

GARDEN OF ABU MAHMOUD

GARDENER

GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER HAS HIS PICTURE TAKEN

HOUSE IN THE HEART

HOUSE MADE OF RAIN

LIGHT WHERE LIVES INTERSECT

LITTLE BROTHER POEM

MAN WHO HATED TRESS

MAN WHO MAKES BROOMS

SAIL MADE OF RAGS

SPACIOUS AIR

THINLY FLUTED WINGS OF STAMPS

TUNNEL OF QUESTIONS

USE OF FICTION

WHITE ROAD

WHOLE SELF

THREE MULE DEER, DUSK, ORGAN MOUNTAINS

THROUGH THE KITCHEN WINDOW, CHIAPAS

TILL NOW

TRYING TO NAME WHAT DOESN'T CHANGE

TWO COUNTRIES

WHAT HE SAID TO HIS ENEMIES

WHAT IS GIVEN, WHAT IS NOT GIVEN

WHEN THE FLAG IS RAISED

WHERE CHILDREN LIVE

WHERE THE SOFT AIR LIVES

WHITE COALS

WHO'S WHO, 1941

WITH THE GREEKS

WOOD

WRITER'S CONFERENCE

YELLOW GLOVE

YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE



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