A review by shantastic_reads
Everything Comes Next: Collected and New Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

April was National Poetry Month as well as Arab American Heritage Month.  It seemed like a good prompt for me to finally read the works of Naomi Shihab Nye.  I discovered one of her poems, Shoulders, several years ago and it has never left my mind. Shoulders is one of the poems in this collection so I figured this would be a good place for me to start.  Many of the poems are rooted in her experience as an American child of a Palestinian father, and her connection with her heritage. I was moved by the imagery and themes of home and homeland, searching for peace, belonging, working through hardship, remembering, and growing. 

Highly recommend this beautiful, accessible, heartful collection.