Class Notes Poetry 5-6



Naomi Shihab Nye

Father-- Palestinian
Mother-- American
Grandmother- still living in Palestine

Contemporary American women poet
No rhyme scheme, no meter/structure ---> Free Verse
Narrative-- tells a story
Autobiographical
Family/people
World not always a positive/good place
Nature--> Peace
Historical time period ---> 9/11, Israel - Palestinian conflict






Title---> Blood: Red, pain, death, race/family/relation
 Repetition of the phrase  "True Arab"-- pure, knowing, culture, not of extremist beliefs
“A true Arab knows how to catch a fly in his hands,” -- Patience, fast, precise
After 9/11 ---> stereotypes about Arabs/Muslims (Islamophobia)

Once I said, “When we die, we give it back?” 
He said that’s what a true Arab would say.   ---> This shows that True Arabs return what they borrow and are kind people




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