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Naomi Shihab Nye (12 March 1952 / St. Louis, Missouri)
Poems of Naomi Shihab Nye
| 1. | Alaska | 1/4/2012 |
| 2. | Blood | 1/20/2003 |
| 3. | Boy and Egg | 1/4/2012 |
| 4. | Burning the Old Year | 1/4/2012 |
| 5. | Different Ways to Pray | 1/4/2012 |
| 6. | Famous | 1/4/2012 |
| 7. | Fundamentalism | 1/4/2012 |
| 8. | Half-And-Half | 1/13/2003 |
| 9. | Hello | 1/4/2012 |
| 10. | Hidden | 1/13/2003 |
| 11. | Hugging the Jukebox | 1/4/2012 |
| 12. | Jerusalem | 1/4/2012 |
| 13. | Last August Hours Before the Year 2000 | 1/4/2012 |
| 14. | Making A Fist | 1/20/2003 |
| 15. | My Uncle’s Favorite Coffee Shop | 1/4/2012 |
| 16. | San Antonio | 1/4/2012 |
| 17. | Sewing, Knitting, Crocheting... | 1/13/2003 |
| 18. | Shoulders | 1/4/2012 |
| 19. | So Much Happiness | 1/4/2012 |
| 20. | Spruce Street, Berkeley | 1/4/2012 |
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Half-And-Half
You can't be, says a Palestinian Christian
on the first feast day after Ramadan.
So, half-and-half and half-and-half.
He sells glass. He knows about broken bits,
chips. If you love Jesus you can't love
anyone else. Says he.
At his stall of blue pitchers on the Via Dolorosa,
he's sweeping. The rubbed stones
