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Naomi Shihab Nye on Veterans Day

born 1952 United States

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Greedy men say "More!" to war
Sitting together telling stories
could change that but who will take the time?

Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners (2018)

How can there be war
and the next day eating, a man stacking plates
on the curl of his arm, a table of people
toasting one another in languages of grace

Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners (2018)

this was what patriotism meant to me-
to be at home inside my own head long enough
to accept its infinite freedom
and move forward anywhere, to mysteries coming.

Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners (2018)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Naomi Shihab Nye (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.