Hidden - A poem by Naomi Shihab Nye


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Naomi Shihab Nye - Hidden

If you place a fern
under a stone
the next day it will be
nearly invisible
as if the stone has 
swallowed it.

If you tuck the name of a loved one
under your tongue too long
without speaking it
it becomes blood
sigh
the little sucked-in breath of air
hiding everywhere
beneath your words.

No one sees
the fuel that feeds you.

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Hidden - Comments and Information
Poet: Naomi Shihab Nye (Naomi Shihab Nye Art) Poem: Hidden Volume: Fuel Year: Published/Written in 1998 Comment 1 of 1, added on May 7th, 2008 at 3:59 AM. The poem marvellously presents pains of silence . The excitement only those who loved and lost may know . . . where as the lovers kept at heart the pangs of love , the poet brought it to the tongue , yet failed to vent out , but only to sigh Farooq from India More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Hidden, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Naomi Shihab Nye with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Naomi Shihab Nye Poem: Hidden Volume: Fuel Year: Published/Written in 1998 Last read: Nov 14 2009, 3:49AM Viewed 7961 times. Added on May 7th, 2008 at 3:59 AM.

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