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“Famous” by Naomi Shihab Nye (2015)
This link leads to a short film interpretation by Motionpoems of Nye’s poem, “Famous.” The poem is concerned with intimacy, perception, and identity. As in “300 Goats,” one of the themes is that beings are intuitively capable.
“To Jamyla Bolden of Ferguson, Missouri” by Naomi Shihab Nye (2016)
As opposed to “300 Goats,” this poem addresses the inability to protect children, not from inclement environmental conditions in the natural world, but from gunfire. The poem refers to a historical Ferguson categorized by farmland and a time that the speaker remembers nostalgically as safer for children.
“In California: Morning, Evening, Late January” by Denise Levertov (1989)
In this poem of place and the environment, Levertov illustrates a landscape manipulated by human intervention—through which—choked and cemented over—nature somehow persists.
“Iowa City: Early April” by Robert Haas (1996)
Throughout this poem by Robert Haas, the speaker makes a strong attempt to observe the animals of his Iowa neighborhood without imbuing them with too much human quality. In a dream, however, the visiting deer “looked at me with a stilled defiant terror, like a thing with no choices” (Line 18).
By Naomi Shihab Nye
Alphabet
Alphabet
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Blood
Blood
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Burning the Old Year
Burning the Old Year
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Different Ways to Pray
Different Ways to Pray
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Famous
Famous
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Gate A-4
Gate A-4
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem
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Kindness
Kindness
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Making a Fist
Making a Fist
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Morning Song
Morning Song
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My Uncle’s Favorite Coffee Shop
My Uncle’s Favorite Coffee Shop
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Shoulders
Shoulders
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The Art of Disappearing
The Art of Disappearing
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The Rider
The Rider
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The Turtle of Oman
The Turtle of Oman
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The Words Under the Words
The Words Under the Words
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Valentine for Ernest Mann
Valentine for Ernest Mann
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