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bffbookclubkate's review
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
Content Warnings
Minor: Colonisation, Death, and Grief
pattydsf's review
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
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 against another edition
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