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On Being with Krista Tippett
This book of poems, some written before and some after 9/11, included poems related to the Middle East that were previously in magazines but not in a book. A final stanza from the last poem was read.
I call my father we talk around the news it is too much for him neither of his two languages can reach it. I drive into the country to find sheep, cows, to plead with the air. Who calls anyone civiliz...
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This book of poems, some written before and some after 9/11, included poems related to the Middle East that were previously in magazines but not in a book. A final stanza from the last poem was read.
I call my father we talk around the news it is too much for him neither of his two languages can reach it. I drive into the country to find sheep, cows, to plead with the air. Who calls anyone civilized? Where can the crying heart graze? What does a true Arab do now?
Episode: [Unedited] Naomi Shihab Nye with Krista Tippett
Some poems in this book predate 9/11, while others were written in its aftermath; it contains poems relating to the Middle East and was published after 9/11 to bring the collection together.
I call my father, we talk around the news, it is too much for him. Neither of his two languages can reach it. I drive into the country to find sheep, cows to plead with the air. Who calls anyone civilized? Where can the crying heart graze? What does a true Arab do now?