Naomi Shihab Nye Your Life Is a Poem
\u201cWhen you\u2019re in a very quiet place, when you\u2019re remembering, when you\u2019re savoring an image, when you\u2019re allowing your mind calmly to leap from one thought to another, that\u2019s a poem.\u201d Naomi Shihab Nye\u2019s poem \u201cKindness\u201d has traveled around the world. She grew up between Ferguson, Missouri, Ramallah, and Jerusalem. She insists that language must be a way out of cycles of animosity. She\u2019d have us notice \u201cpetite discoveries\u201d that embolden us to choose human nourishment over division. \u201cBefore you know what kindness really is / you must lose things.\u201d