“During the Gulf War, I remember two little third grade girls saying to me - after I read them some poems by writers in Iraq - 'You know, we never thought about there being children in Iraq before.' And I thought, 'Well those poems did their job, because now they'll think about everything a little bit differently.'” ThinkingKnowsWellsChildrenLittlesTwoWarJobsRememberGirlBitsLittle BitThirdsIraqGradesGulf WarThird Grade Author:Naomi Shihab Nye
“you will never catch up. Walk around feeling like a leaf know you could tumble at any second. Then decide what to do with your time. --The Art of Disappearing” KnowsArtFeelingsWalksDisappearLeafs Book:Words under the words: selected poems Source: Words under the words: selected poems
“Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth.” KnowsFeelsMomentsLosesKindnessSalt Book:Words under the words: selected poems Source: Words under the words: selected poems
“I'm like the weather, never really can predict when this rain cloud's gonna burst; when it's the high or it's the low, when you might need a light jacket. Sometimes I'm the slush that sticks to the bottom of your work pants, but I can easily be the melting snowflakes clinging to your long lashes. I know that some people like: sunny and seventy-five, sunny and seventy-five, sunny and seventy-five, but you take me as I am and never forget to pack an umbrella.” PeopleKnowsNeedsLongI CanSometimesLightMightForgetFiveLowsRainSticksBottomCloudsWeatherNever ForgetTake MePantsPacksSeventiesJacketsSunnyMeltingClingingUmbrellaLashesSnowflakeSlushTake Me As I AmRain CloudsLong Lashes Author:Naomi Shihab Nye
“I am looking for the human who admits his flaws Who shocks the adversary By being kinder not stronger What would that be like? We don't even know” KnowsHumansStrongerShockFlawsAdversariesKinder Author:Naomi Shihab Nye
“Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.” KnowsKindnessSorrow Book:Words under the words: selected poems Source: Words under the words: selected poems
“You know, those of us who leave our homes in the morning and expect to find them there when we go back - it's hard for us to understand what the experience of a refugee might be like.” KnowsHardHomeMightMorningRefugee Author:Naomi Shihab Nye
