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Naomi Shihab Nye

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I keep thinking, we teach children to use language to solve their disputes. We teach them not to hit and fight and bite. Then look what adults do!

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I’d always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go.

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During the Gulf War, I remember two little third grade girls saying to me – after I read them some poems by writers in Iraq – ‘You know, we never thought about there being children in Iraq before.’ And I thought, ‘Well those poems did their job, because now they’ll think about everything a little bit differently.’

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May 18, 2024

During the Gulf War, I remember two little third grade girls saying to me – after I read them some poems by writers in Iraq – ‘You know, we never thought about there being children in Iraq before.’ And I thought, ‘Well those poems did their job, because now they’ll think about everything a little bit differently.’

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May 18, 2024

I’d always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go.

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