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In this episode of Poetry Thursday, I share a brief biographical sketch of the contemporary American poet, Naomi Shihab Nye, and I share a few of her poems.

Poems read:
"The Art of Disappearing" and "Shoulders" in Nye, Naomi Shihab. Tender
Spot: Selected Poems. Expanded Edition. Bloodaxe Books, 2015.

"Remembered" and "Where Children Live" in Nye, Naomi Shihab. Words
Under the Words: Selected Poems. The Eighth Mountain Press, 1995.

"Because of the Libraries We Can Say These Things" and "Kindness" in
Nye, Naomi Shihab. Everything Comes Next: Collected and New Poems.
Greenwillow Books, 2020.

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