Give up the annoying question, "How long does this have to be?" Just wonder-how long does it need to be? Then try to find out. - Naomi Shihab Nye

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Give up the annoying question, "How long does this have to be?" Just wonder-how long does it need to be? Then try to find out.

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About Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye (Arabic: نعومي شهاب ناي; born March 12, 1952) is a Palestinian American poet, editor, songwriter, and novelist.

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We always heard when we were little that to read a poem we needed to read it slowly and we needed to read it more than once and to write a poem you had to pay close attention, write it slowly. And I think we have to live that way. We really do. There's a Thai proverb Life is so short, we must move very slowly. And I think that the word busy-ness finally just has to go. Busy-ness has to go.

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