Read, Read, and then Read some more. Always Read. Find the voices that speak most to YOU. This is your pleasure and blessing, as well as responsibility!
Naomi Shihab NyeI'm writing mostly to thank you for living you eighty years and to tell you I love you and think of you often.
Naomi Shihab NyeWhen allowed to return to the class, your feelings of humility and lonesomeness will render you a much finer student and person.
Naomi Shihab NyeAnyone who says, โHereโs my address, write me a poem,โ deserves something in reply. So Iโll tell you a secret instead: poems hide. In the bottoms of our shoes, they are sleeping. They are the shadows drifting across our ceilings the moment before we wake up. What we have to do is live in a way that lets us find them.
Naomi Shihab Nye