No Inch Went Unsung

16 September, 2017 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 1 category

“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

Category: Poetry

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