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

“you will never catch up.”

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

“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.”

“Kindness”

“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.”

“If we surrendered”

“I left the bank”

“there's no clarity.”

“It's 4am again and I'm just getting started. People are boring and I want to burn with excitement or anger and bleed, bleed through my words. I want to get all fucked up and write real and raw and ugly and beautifully. I bet you're sleeping safe and calm, and you can stay there, it's safer there, and you wouldn't stand one night on this journey my mind wanders off to every night you close your eyes. I'll stay here one day and I will never come down.”

“I embraced a cloud,”

“Poems are a hotline to our hearts, and we forget this emotional power at our peril.”