Where We Live Naomi Shihab Nye Analysis

This volume presents a collection of poems written by children, compiled over a twenty-five-year period. The author, Naomi Shihab Nye, collected the verses written by students in grades 1-12 while conducting a series of workshops with them. The book is divided into four topics: ‘The Self and the Inner World’, where the young poets write about topics such as growing up, their bodies, food, and reflect about people and events that define them; ‘Where We Live’, where students express their thoughts about sounds, nature, and the community they live in; ‘Anybody’s Family’, presents poems about ethnicity, the children’s family members and their feelings toward them; and ‘The Wide Imagination’, where the poets express themselves about anything