Reeling from the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Tex., literacy specialist Kylene Beers emailed four friends to help process the devastating situation, and they swiftly coordinated a free panel in support of heartbroken teachers, “Words Can Help Heal: Helping You and Students Through Trauma,” scheduled to air tonight.
Give us our world again!
Her poem became the model for the Global Vaccine Poem project, which asks people to add to a collective poem.
In five weeks, 8,000 people have visited the website, adding 1,200 stanzas. Their responses range from nostalgia for what life was like before to hope for what could come.
At vaccination sites at UA, Kent, the University of Texas and in Bisbee, people receive cards about the project while they wait the 15 minutes afterward.
“It’s a good time to write poetry because this is a powerful moment and there is a lot of emotion cooked into it,” Meier said.
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Naomi Shihab Nye was born to a Palestinian father and an American mother. During her high school years, she lived in Ramallah in Jordan, the Old City in Jerusalem, and San Antonio, Texas, where she later received her B.A. in English and world religions from Trinity University. She is a novelist, poet and songwriter.
She currently lives in San Antonio, Texas. She was elected a Chancellor of the Acad Naomi Shihab Nye was born to a Palestinian father and an American mother. During her high school years, she lived in Ramallah in Jordan, the Old City in Jerusalem, and San Antonio, Texas, where she later received her B.A. in English and world religions from Trinity University. She is a novelist, poet and songwriter.