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NAOMI SHIHAB NYE

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Poems found: 297

A VALENTINE FOR ERNEST MANN

A WAY AROUND

ACROSS THE BAY

ALASKA

ALIVE

ALL THINGS NOT CONSIDERED

ALMOST, NEVER

ALONE

ALPHABET

ALWAYS BRING A PENCIL

ANY NUMBER

ARABIC (JORDAN, 1992)

ARABIC COFFEE

AT MOTHER TERESA'S

AUDIENCE

BECAUSE OF LIBRARIES WE CAN SAY THESE THINGS

BEING FROM ST. LOUIS

BEYOND THIS WORLD THERE ARE TWENTY OTHER WORLDS

BILL'S BEANS; FOR WILLIAM STAFFORD

BLOOD

BLOOD

BOOKS WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED IN YEARS

BOY AND EGG

BOY AND MOM AT THE NUTCRACKER BALLET

BOY'S SLEEP

BREAKING MY FAVORITE BOWL

BREAKING MY FAVORITE BOWL

BREAKING THE FAST

BRICK

BROKEN CLOCK

BRUSHING LIVES

BURNING

BURNING THE OLD YEAR

BUTTER BOX

CALIFORNIA TIME, TEXAS TIME

CAPE COD

CATALOGUE ARMY

CATALOGUE ARMY

CHANGED

COMING SOON

CONTINUAL USAGE

CROSS THAT LINE

DAILY

DARLING

DEBRIS

DEFINING WHITE

DEFINITE SHORE

DEW

DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRAY

DUCKS

EARLY RISER

EARTH, SELS

EDGE OF A COUNTRY

ELEVATOR

ENDLESS INDIAN NIGHTS

ENTHUSIASM IN TWO PARTS

ESCAPE

ESCAPE

ESTATE SALE: THE SCRABBLE GAME OF A DEAD WOMAN

EVEN AT WAR

EYE TEST

FAMOUS

FAMOUS

FEATHER

FIREFLIES

FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK

FLASHBULB

FOLD

FOR LOST AND FOUND BROTHERS

FOR LUKE, LEAVING US

FOR MOHAMMED ON THE MOUNTAIN

FOR MOHAMMED ZEID OF GAZA, AGE 15

FOR THE 500TH DEAD PALESTINIAN, IBTISAM BOZIEH

FRANKLY

FRENCH MOVIES

FROM HERE TO THERE

FROM THIS DISTANCE

FUEL

FULL DAY

FUNDAMENTALISM

GARDEN OF ABU MAHMOUD

GARDENER

GATE A-4

GENETICS

GLINT

GOING FOR PEACHES, FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS

GRANDFATHER'S HEAVEN

GRANDFATHER'S HEAVEN

GRATEFUL

GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER HAS HIS PICTURE TAKEN

HALF-AND-HALF

HAMMER AND NAIL

HAUNTED

HAWAIIAN PUNCH PRAYER, AUGUST

HELLO

HELLO

HER WAY

HERE

HIDDEN

HIGH HOPES

HIS SECRET

HOLY LAND

HOUSE IN THE HEART

HOUSE MADE OF RAIN

HOUSE WITH NO ONE IN IT

HOW FAR IS IT TO THE LAND WE LEFT?

HOW PALESTINIANS KEEP WARM

HUGGING THE JUKEBOX

HUGGING THE JUKEBOX

I FEEL SORRY FOR JESUS

I STILL HAVE EVERYTHING YOU GAVE ME

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

IN THAT TIME

IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

INSIDE THE RIDDLE

INTENSIVE CARE

ISLE OF MULL, SCOTLAND

JACK KEROUAC'S WILL

JERUSALEM (1)

JERUSALEM (2)

KEEP DRIVING

KINDNESS

KNITTING, CROCHETING, SEWING

LA FERIA

LAST AUGUST HOURS BEFORE THE YEAR 2000

LAST SONG FOR THE MEND-IT SHOP

LATE

LEO

LIGHT WHERE LIVES INTERSECT

LITTLE BLANCO RIVER

LITTLE BLANCO RIVER

LITTLE BROTHER POEM

LIVES OF THE WOMEN POETS

LIVING AT THE AIRPORT

LIVING WHERE WE DO

LIVING WITH MISTAKES

LOOKING FOR THE CAT GRAVE

LOST

LUGGAGE

LULLABY FOR REGRET

LUNCH IN NABLUS CITY PARK

MAD

MAKING A FIST

MAKING A FIST

MAN WHO HATED TRESS

MAN WHO MAKES BROOMS

MESSENGER

MINE

MISSING THE BOAT

MONA'S TACO

MOON TRIO

MORNING GLORY

MORNING PAPER, SOCIETY PAGE

MOTHER OF NOTHING

MUCHAS GRACIAS POR TODO

MUSIC

MUSIC

MY FATHER AND THE FIGTREE

MY FATHER AND THE FIGTREE

MY FRIEND'S DIVORCE

MY GRANDMOTHER IN THE STARS

MY UNCLE MOHAMMED AT MECCA, 1981

MY UNCLE'S FAVORITE COFFEE SHOP

NEGOTIATIONS WITH A VOLCANO

NEGOTIATIONS WITH A VOLCANO

NEW YEAR (1)

NEW YEAR (2)

NEWS TRAVELLING WELL

NEXT TIME

NIAGARA

NINE YEARS LATER

NO ONE THINKS OF TEGUCIGALPA

NOBODY'S NEWSPAPER

OBSERVER

OFFICE 337, WHEELER HALL, BERKELEY

OLD IRON

OLIVE JAR

ONE BOY TOLD ME

ONGOING

OPEN HOUSE

OUR PRINCIPAL

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

OVER THE FENCE

PABLO AND I HAVE LUNCH

PAKISTAN WITH OPEN ARMS

PANCAKES WITH SANTA

PASSING IT ON

PASSWORD

PAUSE

PINS

PLEASE DESCRIBE HOW YOU BECAME A WRITER

POINT OF ROCKS, TEXAS

PRAYER IN MY BOOT

PRAYER IN MY BOOT

PROBLEMS WITH THE STORY

QUIET OF THE MIND

RAIN

RAIN

RED BROCADE

REMEMBERED

ROPES

SAD MAIL

SAIL MADE OF RAGS

SAN ANTONIO

SAN ANTONIO MI SANGRE: FROM THE HARD SEASON

SHOULDERS

SIFTER

SLEEP'S LITTLE HOUSE

SLEEPING AND WAKING

SNOW

SO MUCH HAPPINESS

SO THERE

SOME RELIEF TO THINK OF STARS

SPACIOUS AIR

SPARROW BONES

SPEAKING ARABIC

SPRUCE STREET, BERKELEY

STAIN

STEPS

STREETS

STREETS

STRING

SUPPLE CORD

SURE

TELLING LESS: 1

TELLING LESS: 2

TELLING LESS: 3

TELLING THE STORY

THE ART OF DISAPPEARING

THE ATTIC AND ITS NAILS

THE DIFFICULT LIFE OF A YOKOHAMA LEAF

THE GRIEVING RING

THE LAST DAY OF AUGUST

THE LIST

THE LITTLE BROTHER POEM

THE MAN WHO HATED TREES

THE MAN WHOSE VOICE HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM HIS THROAT

THE MUSIC BOX

THE PALESTINIANS HAVE GIVEN UP PARTIES

THE RIDER

THE SMALL VASES FROM HEBRON

THE SONG

THE STORY AROUND THE CORNER

THE TIME

THE TRAVELING ONION

THE TRAY

THE TURTLE SHRINE NEAR CHITTAGONG

THE WHOLE SELF

THE WORDS UNDER THE WORDS

THINLY FLUTED WINGS OF STAMPS

THOSE WHOM WE DO NOT KNOW

THREE MULE DEER, DUSK, ORGAN MOUNTAINS

THROUGH THE KITCHEN WINDOW, CHIAPAS

TILL NOW

TONGUE-TIED

TRAVEL ALARM

TRUTH SERUM

TRYING TO NAME WHAT DOESN'T CHANGE

TRYING TO NAME WHAT DOESN'T CHANGE

TUNNEL OF QUESTIONS

TWO COUNTRIES

TWO COUNTRIES

USE OF FICTION

VALENTINE FOR ERNEST MANN

VISIT

VOCABULARY OF DEARNESS

VOICES

WAIKIKI

WEDDING CAKE

WHAT BRINGS US OUT

WHAT HE SAID TO HIS ENEMIES

WHAT HE SAID TO HIS ENEMIES

WHAT IS GIVEN, WHAT IS NOT GIVEN

WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN

WHAT PEOPLE DP

WHAT SHE WAS DOING AT HOME

WHAT'S HERE

WHEN THE FLAG IS RAISED

WHERE CHILDREN LIVE

WHERE THE SOFT AIR LIVES

WHITE COALS

WHITE ROAD

WHO'S WHO, 1941

WHOLE SELF

WITH THE GREEKS

WOOD

WORDS WHEN WE NEED THEM

WRITER'S CONFERENCE

WRITER'S CONFERENCE

YEAST

YELLOW GLOVE

YELLOW GLOVE

YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL

YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE

YOUR NAME ENGRAVED ON A GRAIN OF RICE



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