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fareehareads's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5
I read this collection over the course of a few days and each part surprised me. This poet has a way of creating such a balance between lighthearted childhood silliness and heart wrenching specificity of the Palestinian experience. During a time of great pain, these poems were a comfort.
bffbookclubkate's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
I’ve loved her poetry for years! This anthology has a few poems that I used to use in the classroom and so many others that I hadn’t read before. This book is geared towards Middle Grade readers, but it’s truly for any age!
puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Minor: Colonisation, Death, and Grief
pattydsf's review against another edition
5.0
”The library shelves opened their arms. In the library everyone was rich. I stacked my bounty, counting books, arranging their spines. Bindings of new books smelled delicious.”
These sentences are from Nye’s introduction to this collection. If I started quoting her poems here, I would run out of room before I ran out of favorites. Nye touches my heart with almost all her poems. I am so happy that this collection has poems that I have known awhile like “Kindness” and poems that are new to me.
I was so excited to hear that she was chosen to be the Young People’s Poet Laureate. She is the perfect choice - for some of her poems are easily understood, even if you think you don’t like poetry. Children may catch the poetry bug from her.
Because I am not a poet, actually not a writer of any kind, I don’t have the words to say how important Nye has been to my life. She puts words to feelings, hopes, desires. I am grateful to her for how she has enriched my life.
Everyone should read her verse. It is a gift to us all.
These sentences are from Nye’s introduction to this collection. If I started quoting her poems here, I would run out of room before I ran out of favorites. Nye touches my heart with almost all her poems. I am so happy that this collection has poems that I have known awhile like “Kindness” and poems that are new to me.
I was so excited to hear that she was chosen to be the Young People’s Poet Laureate. She is the perfect choice - for some of her poems are easily understood, even if you think you don’t like poetry. Children may catch the poetry bug from her.
Because I am not a poet, actually not a writer of any kind, I don’t have the words to say how important Nye has been to my life. She puts words to feelings, hopes, desires. I am grateful to her for how she has enriched my life.
Everyone should read her verse. It is a gift to us all.
bibliobrittish's review against another edition
4.0
I will start by saying that I have never heard such a profound take on an onion. And most of Nye's poems in this collection are very much the same - finding beauty and meaning in the mundane. I found myself brought to tears on multiple occasions, from happiness and sadness both. Everything Comes Next is undeniably powerful in its simplicity and gentleness. Nye does not rage; she does not need to. She states her truth, asks her questions, and allows them to speak for themselves. Striking. Hopeful. Necessary.
thepermageek's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
This collection brings together some of the poems & stories that helped make Naomi Shihab Nye a household name in poetry/literary circles—“Kindness” and “Gate A-4” for example—along with some of her lesser known work & a few new poems.
Suffice it to say, if you owned only one of her poetry collections, this would be a good start.
For fans of poets like Mary Oliver, John O’Donohue, & David Whyte.
Suffice it to say, if you owned only one of her poetry collections, this would be a good start.
For fans of poets like Mary Oliver, John O’Donohue, & David Whyte.
caitgatsby's review against another edition
3.0
Might have been my fault — I think I should have had a copy of the poems in front of me to pair with the audio