Poetry from the On Being Gathering Naomi Shihab Nye
A morning of poetry with Naomi Shihab Nye from the second day of our On Being Gathering.\nThis year, we were thrilled to host our very first On Being Gathering \u2014 a four-day coming-together of the On Being community for reflection, conversation, and companionship \u2014 at the 1440 Multiversity in the redwoods of Scotts Valley, California. We greeted each day with verse from some of our most beloved poets \u2014 and now we\u2019d like to share these delightful moments with all of you. Here is how Naomi Shihab Nye began our Saturday morning.\nNaomi Shihab Nye is a visiting poet all over the world and a professor of creative writing at Texas State University. Her books include \u201c19 Varieties of Gazelle,\u201d \u201cA Maze Me: Poems for Girls,\u201d and \u201cTransfer.\u201d Her most recent book is \u201cVoices in the Air: Poems for Listeners.\u201d\nFind the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.