Poetry Quote by Naomi Shihab Nye — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“you will never catch up.”

“Apparently people commonly died when their loved ones were out of the room. Bathroom break. Quick trip down to the cafeteria for a grilled cheese. It was easier to die if you didn't have family members to worry about at that exact moment.”

“Anyone who says, “Here’s my address,”

“Poetry [is] more necessary than ever as a fire to light our tongues.”

“I'm like the weather, never really can predict when this rain cloud's gonna burst; when it's the high or it's the low, when you might need a light jacket.”

“Maybe if we re-invent whatever our lives give us we find poems.”

“When I no longer have the strength to hold up an umbrella for you, I'll stand with you in the rain.”

“You and I”

“Compañera”

“What is home but a book we write, then”

“For we cannot tarry here,”

“These wrinkles are nothing”