Everything Comes Next audiobook

The current Young People’s Poet Laureate has compiled a collection of over 100 of her poems. It is a mixture of both previous published poems and new ones that have not been published before. Though some date back to the beginning of her stellar career and others are newer, there is a strong consistency across the collection with their eye towards hope combined with a strong sense of truth and honesty. Nye also has a way of focusing on the small and mundane in our lives and bringing out the wonder, including flour sifters, toddler comments, and cat food.I bookmarked far too many of the poems, looking forward to returning to them again. While I had my distinct favorites (and lots of them) there were no poems in this collection that disappointed. The entire collection work both as a whole and as its separate parts. It provides a great introduction to Nye’s poetry.Perhaps Nye’s greatest quality is her refusal to speak down to children or to simplify her poetry for them. She asks them to stretch to understand them, but not in confusing ways or using esoteric language. The concepts are fascinating, the poems leading the reader but not in a straight line, her poems more of a journey.A gorgeous collection of poetry from one of the best. Appropriate for ages 12-15.

Richie’s Picks: EVERYTHING COMES NEXT: COLLECTED & NEW POEMS by Naomi Shihab Nye, Greenwillow, September 2020, 256p., ISBN: 978-0-06-301345-2“Sometimes I pretendI’m not me,I only work for me.This feels likea secret motorchirring inside my mind.I think, She will be so gladwhen she sees the homeworkneatly written.She will be relievedsomeone sharpened pencils,folded clothes.”I can lack focus and still stroll through a contemporary novel or the next episode of a dramatic series. But I need the figurative light to read good poetry. Given recent national events, I’d been holding off, waiting for the right time to read EVERYTHING COMES NEXT: COLLECTED & NEW POEMS by Naomi Shihab Nye. With the presidential election certified, the pantry stocked, and having sent out my final stack of postcards to Georgia voters, I arrived at a place where I could relax and pay attention.And, voilà! I spent an enjoyable Saturday escounced in my favorite chair, savoring Naomi Shihab Nye’s great new collection of poetry. EVERYTHING COMES NEXT includes a number of her greatest hits, along with some terrific, brand new pieces.“SifterWhen our English teacher gaveour first writing invitation of the year,Become a kitchen implementin two descriptive paragraphs, I did not thinkbutcher knife or frying pan,I thought immediatelyof soft flour showering through the little holesof the sifter and the sifter’s pleasing circularswishing sound, and wrote it down.Rhonda became a teaspoon,Roberto a funnel,Jim a muffin tin,and Forrest a soup pot.We read our paragraphs out loud.Abby was a blender. Everyone laughedand acted giddy but the more we thought about it,we were all everything in the whole kitchen, drawers and drainers, singing teapot and grapefruit spoonwith serrated edges, we were all theempty cup, the tray.This, said our teacher, is the beauty of metaphor.It opens doors.What I could not know thenwas how being a sifterwould help me all year long.When bad days came,I would close my eyes and feel them passingthrough the tiny holes. When good days cameI would try to contain them gentlythe way flour remainsin the sifter until you turn the handle.Time, time. I was a sweet sifter in timeAnd no one ever knew.”I’ve been sharing Naomi Shihab Nye’s poetry books for decades. Her poetry is personal, in the sense that you come to feel that you know Naomi by reading her poetry. It was always memorable, back when I attended book and librarian conventions, to hear Naomi read and get a chance to converse with her. She has built a career employing her wordcraft to promote poetry, along with understanding, peace, and justice. I’ve long come to see her as a kindred spirit, a sort of wise elder cousin. This latest collection, EVERYTHING COMES NEXT, is divided into three sections: “The Holy Land of Childhood,” The Holy Land That Isn’t,” and “People Are the Only Holy Land.” It contains old favs of mine like “My Father and the Fig Tree,” and “Red Brocade.” In the past, I’ve shared the terrific prefaces with which Naomi consistently begins her books of poetry. Here’s the latest: “PoetryThe library shelves opened their arms. In the library everyone was rich. I stacked my bounty, counting books, arranging their spines. Bindings of new books smelled delicious.On television, the poet Carl Sandberg strummed his guitar, his voice a honey-sweet dream or rolling, rollicking words. Cats and fog and words on the wind. His white hair looked lit up from inside like a lightbulb. I read every morning, every night. If you knew how to read, you could never be lonely.If you knew how to read, it made sense that you might, one night in a tall Chicago hotel, ask for a large piece of pale construction paper--not the easiest thing to come by in a hotel--and write down something you felt that day when you saw the streets that were also bridges lifting up for boats to pass under. When you tipped your head back to gaze at the giant towers in which a thousand people worked who had never even thought of your name. It was worth saying. You could take it to school and give it to your first-grade teacher, who didn’t like you. Pretend it was a present. She would hang it on the bulletin board in the hall and weeks later, far from that trip, a girl in school who was bigger than you would pause to say, ‘Did you write that poem?’‘Ho, yes, I almost forgot.’She smiled. ‘I read it--and I know what you mean,’ skipping off to join her friends at the monkey bars. She knew what I meant. That was something. That was a wing to fly on all the way home, or for the rest of a life.”I encourage you to brew yourself a cup of peppermint tea or pour a glass of lemonade. Settle in and experience the latest poetry by our current Young People's Poet Laureate. Just be certain to bookmark some to share.Richie Partington, MLISRichie's Picks http://richiespicks.pbworks.comhttps://www.facebook.com/richiespicks/[email protected]

One of my favorite poets whose poems always impact the heart and gut and never fail to remind us that it is the poets who should rule the world.

Everything Comes Next: Collected & New Poems is a compilation of poems by the Poetry Foundation's Young People's Poet Laureate, Naomi Shihab Nye. The book, with poems that range from a few stanzas to free verse stories, has three sections: "The Holy Land of Childhood," "The Holy Land that Isn't," and "People Are the Only Holy Land." Nye, an Arab-American poet, writes about her childhood, family, heritage and life experiences in a timeless and impactful way that will resonate with readers. Nye also offers insight into poetry for prospective writers and there is a section entitled “Notes on Poems” to give readers more insight into some of the selections. Reviewed by Liz Glazer, Youth and School Services, Vernon Area Public Library

Exquisite, deep, delectable. Naomi's gift is seeing, truly seeing what's around her, and accurately naming it. She's a bridge builder, connecting her experiences, hopes, and fears to our own, making us feel less alone and more understood. It's hard to choose a favorite poem here, and I'm glad I don't have to. However, there's a reason her "Gate 4-A" and "Kindness" are among her most well-known poems. I also loved the last one, "Slim Thoughts," because I felt as if she was writing directly to me. Now I'm on a search to take a class with Naomi teaching because I could learn so much from her.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and publisher for the ARC of this title. Everything Comes Next by Naomi Shihab Nye is an excellent collection of poems for middle-grades readers. The variety of poems - from topics, to length, to style - is nice. Classroom teachers can easily mine this collection for mentor texts. The notes about selected was a welcomed bonus.

This book is brand new and it gives so many well written poems that you need in your classroom to celebrate diversity and remind students of the importance of loving each other. I would use this book as a warm up book and read a daily poem from it to ensure that my class heard these poems. This is also a good reading level for students to understand the pieces.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this title. Naomi Shihab Nye is one of our most important living poets, and this collection did not disappoint. The notes at the beginning of the book were very helpful for context for the very distinct, but interwoven sections. As a poet myself, I deeply loved and appreciated the final poem in the collection "Slim Thoughts". I was also glad to see the poems "So Much Happiness" and "Kindness", two of my favorites by the author.

3.5 stars. I felt like reading this book was sifting through material and finding a few absolute treasures and many good experiences, but many of the poems didn't completely connect for me. Maybe I just need more practice reading poetry. The book is also kinda in the children's section (I definitely pulled it off the children's shelves at the public library) but I think that the poetry selection is better for an audience that's a little bit older. The cover lauds Naomi Shihab Nye as the "Young People's Poet Laureate" and I'm not entirely sure what age that refers to, but the poetry collection here definitely had a good blend of big topics and youthful glimmer, plus a lot of poems that I related to as an adult or envisioned an older person as the speaker, speaking to an older audience. The mix of childhood stories, wide-eyed ideas, vision for the future, and experiences--happy and sad-- of what the world already offers was a good mix of human experiences and made the book something that will likely be overall enjoyable for any reader. You may not connect with every poem, but you will definitely find some treasures in there just for you.

A Poet’s Career in One BookBefore looking at this collection of her works spanning her career (including a few new ones), I had not heard of this poet before. Her take on the world is a fascinating one, as she has lived the life of a first-generation Arab American. The book is broadly divided into three sections that have poems that relate to childhood, her father and the immigrant experience, and the interesting people she has met along the way. Some are prose poems while others are shorter forms. Some give insight into the minutest aspect of life while others look at the universal that can be understood through one person’s perspective or bring up broader themes. Even though the author is the Young People’s Poet Laureate, some poems might be a little too raw for some children. However, I did find this book of poems from the entirety of one poet’s career an insightful read.I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.My book blog: https://www.readingfanaticreviews.com

Lovely.This is my first time reading one of Nye's books of poetry--I've read isolated poems here and there, but not one of her books; so I believe this is a bit of a "greatest hits" compilation that might be repetitive to those who know her work better, but for those (like me) who don't it's a really nice collection. A wide variety of styles and topics with shared themes. It inspires me to try my hand at crafting some pieces of my own.Nye generally writes for kids and the book is fully accessible to younger readers, but there is nothing about her poetry that excludes teens or adults, and older readers will enjoy these poems as much as younger ones will.This is an excellent representation of why she has the reputation she does--as one of our best.Sometimes I PretendI'm not me,I only work for me.This feels likea secret motorchirring inside my mind.I think, She will be so gladwhen she sees the homeworkneatly written.She will be relievedsomeone sharpened pencils,folded clothes.

Naomi Shihab Nye is the young people's poet laureate and, I believe, one of the most talented poets alive today. This collection includes older works and some new ones, organized in three sections: The Holy Land of Childhood, The Holy Land that Isn't, and People are the Only Holy Land. Illustrated by Rafael López, this volume is great for children, but can be enjoyed by absolutely anyone. Some of my favorite poems were His Life (which straight up made me cry), Everything in Our World Did Not Seem to Fit, Valentine for Ernest Mann, Shoulders, What is Supposed to Happen, Alive, and Mediterranean Blue. A special shout-out for Gate A-4, which made me want to be a better human. Also, her poem, Kindness, which I've read many times before, is in this book, and is one of my favorite poems of all time. Highly recommended.