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Honeybee : poems & short prose, Naomi Shihab Nye

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Contributor
Summary
In eighty-two poems and paragraphs, Naomi Shihab Nye alights on the essentials of our time--our loved ones, our dense air, our wars, our memories, our planet--and leaves us feeling curiously sweeter and profoundly soothed
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
164 p.
Contents
  • Your buddy is typing
  • Someone you will not meet
  • A stone so big you could live in it
  • Museum
  • For my desk
  • Communication skills
  • The United States is not the world
  • Taverne du passage
  • Wee path
  • Password
  • The frogs did not forget
  • Missing it
  • The crickets welcome me to Japan
  • Ted Kooser is my president
  • How we talk about it
  • Culture of life
  • Missing Thomas Jefferson
  • Don't say
  • Running egret
  • Lion Park
  • The little bun of hours
  • Pollen
  • Honeybees drinking
  • Weird hurt
  • We are the people
  • Help with your homework
  • Busy bee takes a break
  • Bees were better
  • Invisible
  • Girls, girls
  • What happened to the air
  • Slump
  • Deputies raid Bexar cockfight
  • Accuracy
  • This is not a dog urinal
  • Argument
  • There was no wind
  • Companions
  • For a hermit
  • Letters my prez is not sending
  • Broken
  • The cost
  • Friendly postal clerk, Saturday morning
  • While you were out
  • Driving to Abilene in the pouring rain
  • Cinnamon twist
  • Sunday
  • We are not nothing
  • Our best selves
  • The dirtiest 4-letter word
  • RSVP
  • Boathouse
  • The problem of muchness
  • How do I know when a poem is finished?
  • Excuse me but
  • Bears
  • Pacify
  • To one now grown
  • Watch your language
  • Cat plate
  • Click
  • Hibernate
  • My president went
  • Texas swing low
  • From an island
  • The white cat
  • Ducks in couples
  • Campaigning door to door
  • Parents of murdered Palestinian boy donate his organs to Israelis
  • Before I read the kite runner
  • The first time I was old
  • Useless
  • Jonathan's kiwi cake
  • Consolation
  • For Rudolf Staffel
  • Hot stone masage
  • Regular days
  • Last day of school
  • Young drummer leaving Alamo Music Company
  • The room in which we are every age at once
  • Gate A-4
Isbn
9780060853914
Instance
Label
Honeybee : poems & short prose
Title
Honeybee
Title remainder
poems & short prose
Statement of responsibility
Naomi Shihab Nye
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
In eighty-two poems and paragraphs, Naomi Shihab Nye alights on the essentials of our time--our loved ones, our dense air, our wars, our memories, our planet--and leaves us feeling curiously sweeter and profoundly soothed
Awards note
Arab American Book Award Winner: Children's & Young Adult (2009).
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
811/.54
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3564.Y44
LC item number
H66 2008
Literary form
non fiction
Label
Honeybee : poems & short prose, Naomi Shihab Nye
Instantiates
Publication
Contents
Your buddy is typing -- Someone you will not meet -- A stone so big you could live in it -- Museum -- For my desk -- Communication skills -- The United States is not the world -- Taverne du passage -- Wee path -- Password -- The frogs did not forget -- Missing it -- The crickets welcome me to Japan -- Ted Kooser is my president -- How we talk about it -- Culture of life -- Missing Thomas Jefferson -- Don't say -- Running egret -- Lion Park -- The little bun of hours -- Pollen -- Honeybees drinking -- Weird hurt -- We are the people -- Help with your homework -- Busy bee takes a break -- Bees were better -- Invisible -- Girls, girls -- What happened to the air -- Slump -- Deputies raid Bexar cockfight -- Accuracy -- This is not a dog urinal -- Argument -- There was no wind -- Companions -- For a hermit -- Letters my prez is not sending -- Broken -- The cost -- Friendly postal clerk, Saturday morning -- While you were out -- Driving to Abilene in the pouring rain -- Cinnamon twist -- Sunday -- We are not nothing -- Our best selves -- The dirtiest 4-letter word -- RSVP -- Boathouse -- The problem of muchness -- How do I know when a poem is finished? -- Excuse me but -- Bears -- Pacify -- To one now grown -- Watch your language -- Cat plate -- Click -- Hibernate -- My president went -- Texas swing low -- From an island -- The white cat -- Ducks in couples -- Campaigning door to door -- Parents of murdered Palestinian boy donate his organs to Israelis -- Before I read the kite runner -- The first time I was old -- Useless -- Jonathan's kiwi cake -- Consolation -- For Rudolf Staffel -- Hot stone masage -- Regular days -- Last day of school -- Young drummer leaving Alamo Music Company -- The room in which we are every age at once -- Gate A-4
Control code
168724334
Dimensions
19 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
164 p.
Isbn
9780060853914
Isbn Type
(lib. bdg.)
Lccn
2007036742
Note
  • Library's copy 2 (SW Writers): Gift of Sandra Cisneros, 2015 (Access. No. 2015-146). Inscribed by author to Sandra [Cisneros]. Items laid in: ANS from author to Sandra [Cisneros] (1 card); photocopy of newspaper clipping, "Obituaries, Aziz Shihab : Arab star founder was 'a man of story,'" from the Dallas news, October 25, 2007 (1 sheet); newspaper clipping (photocopied onto 1 sheet), "Obituaries, Palestinian-born Shihab wrote memoirs about his homeland," San Antonio express-news, October 26, 2007 (1 sheet). With dust jacket.
  • Library's copy 3 (SW Writers): Purchased. With dust jacket.
System control number
(OCoLC)168724334
Label
Honeybee : poems & short prose, Naomi Shihab Nye
Publication
Contents
Your buddy is typing -- Someone you will not meet -- A stone so big you could live in it -- Museum -- For my desk -- Communication skills -- The United States is not the world -- Taverne du passage -- Wee path -- Password -- The frogs did not forget -- Missing it -- The crickets welcome me to Japan -- Ted Kooser is my president -- How we talk about it -- Culture of life -- Missing Thomas Jefferson -- Don't say -- Running egret -- Lion Park -- The little bun of hours -- Pollen -- Honeybees drinking -- Weird hurt -- We are the people -- Help with your homework -- Busy bee takes a break -- Bees were better -- Invisible -- Girls, girls -- What happened to the air -- Slump -- Deputies raid Bexar cockfight -- Accuracy -- This is not a dog urinal -- Argument -- There was no wind -- Companions -- For a hermit -- Letters my prez is not sending -- Broken -- The cost -- Friendly postal clerk, Saturday morning -- While you were out -- Driving to Abilene in the pouring rain -- Cinnamon twist -- Sunday -- We are not nothing -- Our best selves -- The dirtiest 4-letter word -- RSVP -- Boathouse -- The problem of muchness -- How do I know when a poem is finished? -- Excuse me but -- Bears -- Pacify -- To one now grown -- Watch your language -- Cat plate -- Click -- Hibernate -- My president went -- Texas swing low -- From an island -- The white cat -- Ducks in couples -- Campaigning door to door -- Parents of murdered Palestinian boy donate his organs to Israelis -- Before I read the kite runner -- The first time I was old -- Useless -- Jonathan's kiwi cake -- Consolation -- For Rudolf Staffel -- Hot stone masage -- Regular days -- Last day of school -- Young drummer leaving Alamo Music Company -- The room in which we are every age at once -- Gate A-4
Control code
168724334
Dimensions
19 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
164 p.
Isbn
9780060853914
Isbn Type
(lib. bdg.)
Lccn
2007036742
Note
  • Library's copy 2 (SW Writers): Gift of Sandra Cisneros, 2015 (Access. No. 2015-146). Inscribed by author to Sandra [Cisneros]. Items laid in: ANS from author to Sandra [Cisneros] (1 card); photocopy of newspaper clipping, "Obituaries, Aziz Shihab : Arab star founder was 'a man of story,'" from the Dallas news, October 25, 2007 (1 sheet); newspaper clipping (photocopied onto 1 sheet), "Obituaries, Palestinian-born Shihab wrote memoirs about his homeland," San Antonio express-news, October 26, 2007 (1 sheet). With dust jacket.
  • Library's copy 3 (SW Writers): Purchased. With dust jacket.
System control number
(OCoLC)168724334

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