A couple of weeks ago I wrote about seeing Naomi Shihab Nye at the Serendipity Conference in Vancouver. I'm still thinking about that talk. This poem probably comes as close as anything to catching the heart of what she spoke about:
CROSS THAT LINE
Paul Robeson stood
on the northern border of the USA
and sang into Canada...
Read the whole poem here.
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2 comments:
Thank you for this poem. "What lines should we all be crossing?" - Excellent question! I love Nye's poetry. She is golden.
Thanks for this poem! Paul Robeson is my grandfather's hero (my grandfather lives near Rutgers University).
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