“He came out to this garden,
dug hands into earth saying, I know you
and earth crumbled rich layers
and this result of their knowing—
a hillside in which no inch went unsung.”
from “The Garden of Abu Mahmoud” by Naomi Shihab Nye
“He came out to this garden,
dug hands into earth saying, I know you
and earth crumbled rich layers
and this result of their knowing—
a hillside in which no inch went unsung.”
from “The Garden of Abu Mahmoud” by Naomi Shihab Nye