Langley-Adams Library (Groveland)

Voices in the air, poems for listeners, by Naomi Shihab Nye

eng

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

illustrations

index present

poetry

Voices in the air

987658476

by Naomi Shihab Nye

poems for listeners

"Ninety-five poems pay tribute to essential voices past and present that have the power to provoke us, lead us, and give us hope" --, Provided by publisher

Section I: Messages. Section II: Voices in the air. Section III: More worlds. Biographical notesTo manage -- Aurora Borealis -- Propriety -- Big Bend National Park says no to all walls -- Time's low note -- Bully -- Invocation -- Bamboo mind -- Cross the sea -- To babies -- Songbook -- Unsung--on finding -- Bundle -- Little lady, little nugget brooms -- Welcome what comes -- What happens next -- Everything changes the world -- Standing back -- Three hundred goats -- Lost people -- Broken -- Twilight -- For Aziz -- Sheep by the sea, a painting by Rosa Bonheur (1865) -- Emily -- Warbler woods -- Gratitude pillow -- Life loves -- Getting over it -- Conversation with Grace Paley, Flight of the Mind Writing Workshop, Oregon -- Showing up -- For Caroline M. -- Tomorrow -- After listening to Paul Durcan, Ireland -- We will get lost in you -- James Tate in Jerusalem -- Train across Texas -- Longfellow's bed -- Walt Whitman's revisions -- "Rest and be kind, you don't have prove anything" -- Peace pilgrim's pocket -- C.D. stepped out -- True success -- Woven by air, texture of air -- Tell us all the gossip you know -- Every day -- One state -- My name is... -- Invitation to the NSA -- Double peace -- Break the worry cocoon -- The tent -- Please sit down -- For the birds -- Bowing the candles -- Black car -- Mountains -- Oh, say can you see -- Anti-inaugural -- I vote for you -- Belfast -- Summer -- A lonely cup of coffee -- Reading obituaries on the day of the giant moon -- To Jamyla Bolden of Ferguson, Missouri -- Your answering machine, after your death -- Ring -- Hummingbird -- Next time ask more questions -- In transit -- Zen boy -- Where do poets find images? -- Cell phone tower disguised as a tree -- Before I was a Gazan -- Morning ablution -- What do Palestinians want? -- Arabs in Finland -- Ladders in repose -- The gift -- Voodoo spoons -- Barbershop -- Getaway car, United States, 2017 -- "Little brother shot playing with pistol" -- Moment of relief -- Unbelievable things -- Airport life -- Texas, out driving -- Missing the boat, take two -- All we will not know -- Loving working -- Stars over Big Bend -- United -- Reserved for poets -- Her father is still watching -- Small basket of happiness

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