Honeybee audiobook

Ever since Rachel McElroy read aloud Naomi Shihab Nye's poem Famous on her podcast Wonderful!, I have had it etched in my mind, along with a deep longing in my heart to read everything she's ever written. Honeybee was my first and I'm so glad it was. I loved every moment of it, the prose complemented the poetry so well and the themese that tied everything together were brilliant. I love bees so much, my uncle is a beekeeper and I grew up with fresh honey, clover and buzzing around me. The way this work encapsulates all the magic and importance of bees, both practically and in metaphor, is astounding. I would absolutely recommend this collection!---How can we help someone else want to live?---I have slept so many times you might think I would really be awake by now.---The Crickets Welcome Me to Japan-they’re saying, Slow down slow down We told you this long ago but you forgot---I wanted the small room between sentences, the dark and wonderful room.---Look at those mansions, don’t you wish one was yours? Actually, I like little houses, less to clean. I wanted to live under the roots of a tree, like the squirrel family in a picture book, when I was small.---As if there were a home in the air around us from birth, spaciousness bidding us enter, we live inside the long story of time. And it was language giving us bearing, letting in light.

I absolutely LOVED this!

AWARDS AND HONORS:2008 Arab-American Book Award, School Library Journal Best Book, Cooperative Children's Book Center ChoiceOVERALL RESPONSE"Honeybee" made me want to start writing poetry again. I haven't written a poem since last October when I taught poetry as part of a unit about discovering "Who am I?" in my 6th grade language arts class. The introduction was key in bringing the entire book of poems together. Though this is a collection of poems, some previously published elsewhere, by the time I read the last words on the last page, I felt as if I spent a few years inside Naomi's mind. She made me think deeply about the way the world works and the way people relate. She also made me laugh and smile a number of times! Of course, a reader can also see how her love and concern for Honeybees developed through a linguistics course in college. I can imagine Nye sitting on her front porch, drinking lemonade or tea and pondering the lives of creatures great and small...then picking up a pen and spilling her thoughts onto a page.Bill Teale said we were all reading "Novels in Verse" this week, but I don't think Honeybee is a novel in the way Love That Dog or Locomotion are.SPECIFICSHoneybee is a collection of free verse poetry; some of it leaning more towards short vignettes. (i.e. Museum and Gate A-4). Her poems include an abundance of imagery and insight. Examples of clear imagery through word choice and metaphor:PasswordThere Was No WindCompanionsBrokenExamples of Insight (poems that really made me think, or laugh, or experience an "ah-ha" moment):MuseumCommunication SkillsTaverne du PassageMissing ItHow We Talk About ItLion ParkBrokenThe CostThe Dirtiest 4-Letter WordGate A-4Though her poetry does not rhyme, she does use sound to create the pace and tone of many of her poems:Examples of Alliteration:Broken A Stone So Big you Could Live in ItWe Are Not NothingExample of Onomatopoeia:We Are the PeopleExamples of Line Breaks:Communication SkillsPasswordGirls, GirlsWhat Happened to the AirCURRICULAR CONNECTIONHoneybee is a good resource when trying to move middle school students away from the idea that all poems have to rhyme or be silly/humorous. I would use her poems as mentor texts to help students understand that poetry can be so much more than an ABAB rhyme pattern; that most importantly, poetry is an outlet for expressing how we feel and think about life and the world around us.

Studying elementary literacy in school has given me a great opportunity to catch up on what my kids are reading these days. And folks, it is really different. What I have read just these past few months makes me sad that I was reading crap like Christopher Pike when I was in middle school. :)This is my lastest read-Honeybee, by Naomi Shihab Nye. This is a collection of poetry for kids and adults. She writes outside of the catchy rhymes and funny characters. She writes about her experience growing up as an Arab-American, the Iraq War, Education, Americana culture, family and the environment. She has warmth and insight into the human spirit. I bought it over the weekend and I have read it about five times now. It's a beautiful collection that helps kids connect with the society that they are growing up in. through her poetry she promotes international peace and goodwill through the arts. Excellent. This will be a staple in my classroom for sure...

The cover of this book says "Poems," but you'll notice the title here on Goodreads is more accurate: "Poems & Short Prose." The prose breaks up the poems nicely, and Nye's "Museum" prose piece is wonderful enough for you to buy this entire collection. I dug most of the poems. Here are some standouts:The Crickets Welcome Me to JapanGirls, GirlsHow Do I Know When a Poem is Finished?Before I Read The Kite RunnerGate A-4

I didn't think it would be political, hence the not-5 rating. But overall it has great insights, as always expected from Nye.

28 January 2008 HONEYBEE by Naomi Shihab Nye, Greenwillow, March 2008, 176p., ISBN: 978-0-06-085590-7; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-06-085591-4 Bees Were Better "In college people were always breaking up.We broke up in parking lots,beside fountains.Two people broke upacross the table from meat the library.I could not sit at that table againthough I did not know them.I studied bees, who were ableto convey messages through dancingand could find their wayshome to their hiveseven if someone put up a blockade of sheetsand boards and wire.Bees had radar in their wings and brainsthat humans could barely understand.I wrote a paper proclaimingtheir brilliance and superiorityand revised it at a small cafefeaturing wooden hive-shaped honey dippersin silver honeypotson every table." Part of me feels as though I should include a disclaimer when I write about a new book by Naomi, but that is silly -- she is not really my cousin; it just feels that way, having been lucky enough over the years to spend tiny bits of time around her and receive the occasional note that always carries with it a peacefulness like that which I experience upon reading correspondence from Tony, my eldest cousin on my Sicilian side. As I've written previously, Naomi is a fellow Piscian and fellow vegetarian whom I've seen deftly transform a cardboard convention center room into a sacred space with simply a basket of pita, a bowl of hummus, and a book of poetry. I read and admire a lot of poetry for children and adolescents. I am quite often entertained by it and always share it at booktalks -- including some pieces I first read as a child. I find something so special in getting to spend an afternoon reading Naomi's work. HONEYBEE is Naomi's new collection of poetry. Each of the eighty-two poems has a wonderful personal quality; the collection reads as if it is a series of notes in various poetic forms that she has written to the reader. "...My niece in Australia told me that the students in her university class were required to read the blog of an Iraqi citizen and write about it before they could graduate. She chose a girl who is now fifteen writing under the pseudonym Sunshine. I began reading Sunshine's blog too. I love the way she writes about the details of her life-her friends, the books she is reading, her activities and memories. Life is so difficult since the war started, but still she ends her entries with lines like, 'Try not to lose hope.' She wishes she could live the way kids in other countries live, without so much constant violence surrounding them. Sunshine has become my personal hero, drinking deeply out of the moments. So much is passing so fast..." This is a bittersweet collection, as Naomi is clearly feeling the pain -- like so many of us -- that continues to be the product of five years of war and war spending. It is also a collection that repeatedly alludes to bees and to the mysterious and well-publicized disappearance of a lot of honeybees in a very short time: "All the theories about the disappearing bees omit one possibility: they are sick of the word 'busy.' They are on strike. Sure this cycling and collecting and producing is what they've done for so long...worker and queen and drone...blossom and hive and comb... but the last thing the bees want stuck in their pollen baskets is a cliche. Busy? Not I. We can't even know if they adore the fragrances of flowers...but they must, right? Let's hope so. Let's hope there's pleasure in it. In France, some teenagers asked me, 'Is it true, in your country, students don't take time to sit down and drink tea and eat pie upon return from school?' Eat pie? This was hard to answer. 'I hope they eat pie,' I said. We all need pie.'Then I started looking for a restaurant that served pie..." I, myself, headed for the funky little cafe in Sebastopol where my teenage daughter works after school. I spent the afternoon there, with Rosemary bringing me iced herbal tea and little vegetable sandwiches, and Naomi talking to me through her book, bringing me up to date on her life and observations as one of our most treasured poets. "And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and thought, this is the world I want to live in." I highly recommend that you find a nice place to spend an afternoon and experience HONEYBEE.Richie Partington, MLISRichie's Picks http://richiespicks.pbworks.comhttps://www.facebook.com/richiespicks/[email protected]

A really nice collection of poems and prose poems. I especially liked the prose poems, which are like tiny short stories, really well done, some funny, some touching, some both. There's a bee motif running through it, unsurprisingly. My favorites were "Museum," which can't be described without ruining it and "Gate A-4" about how an unexpected community forms among people waiting for a delayed flight. It ends "This can still happen anywhere. All is not lost," which nearly made me cry. There are a lot of good closing lines. "Last Day of School" ends "I was a fool, and I will always be a fool, and there will never, never, be a last day of school." And this did make me cry, partly because I hope that's true, that we can keep learning forever, but also because this was the last poetry book we read as a family, in a tradition we started when my eldest was in first grade. He just left for college this week. This was an excellent way to finish our twelve-year poetry seminar.And as a side note, I agree with someone who said in a previous review that the protest poems against the last Bush administration do seem a little quaint nowadays. What we'd all give to be protesting the Bushes these days.

I’ve only read a few collections of poetry and this is one of the few I really liked. I rarely read poetry and when I do it’s usually individual poems and something I’m teaching. However, just like I tell my students, it’s always good to get out of your comfort zone. So in previewing collections to read I came across this one from Naomi Shihab Nye. I read and taught her “Habibi” novel a few years back and enjoyed it a lot. Her writing voice really draws you and and sets up the world in a way that makes you immediately feel like you’re in the text. These same qualities drew me into the poems. The collection is centered around honeybees and although only a few were about or referenced honeybees, the general theme of togetherness, i.e. a hive, ties the collection together. There were a few poems that seemed dated due to references to Bush and Cheney along with the invasion of Iraq. On one hand, this is a great example of art imitating life, but on the other unless you know the context these references can distract from the message. Overall it’s a solid collection. If you’re new to poetry or a long time fan I think you would enjoy this collection.

https://leiturasdelaura.blogspot.com/...SPOILER FREEEu descobri a poetisa norte americana descendente de palestinos em 2017, quando li o fofíssimo A Maze Me. Desde então coletei algumas obras dela, conforme foram entrando em promoção, como sempre, e agora peguei mais uma para ler (é tanta coisa que as prioridades deixam de existir ou simplesmente não fazem sentido).Noami Shihab Nye novamente me surpreendeu quando li You & Yours, a minha primeira coletânea de textos mais orientais dela. Honeybee fica meio que no meio entre as duas.Não é um senhor soco no estômago como You & Yours, ele tem muito da doçura de A Maze Me, mas sem ser infantil. Confesso que não sei dizer se gostei mais dos poemas ou dos textos/contos/crônicas. Mas preciso dizer que foi interessante descobrir que a autora é ainda mais flexível do que eu imaginava.Para variar, o livro é lotado de material fácil de virar citações, como: As for the “busy bee” thing, the word “busy” fell out of my vocabulary more than ten years ago. I haven’t missed it at all. “Busy” is not a word that helps us. It just makes us feel worse as we are doing all we have to do.Ou: The common phrase “I can’t wait” has always troubled me. Does it mean you want your life to pass more swiftly? This or that future moment will surely be better than the current moment, right? The moment we are living in may be lovely, but if we “can’t wait” for some other time, do we miss it?Espero poder continuar aumentando minha coleção de livros dela. Vale muito a pena.

This was a mixed bag; a mixed hive? Some pieces were great and some didn't land for me. Also, it was sad reading about how desolate she was about the wars of 2008 because things aren't really any better. I really liked the prose piece about wandering into someone's house and thinking it was a museum until the people who lived there gently asked what they were doing (she and her friend were looking at all the paintings on the walls). Years later, a teenager who was one of the residents mentioned that she started really noticing all the wonderful things in her house after that, so Nye felt at least someone got some good out of her most embarrassing moment.My favorite poems include "Don't Say", "There Was No Wind" and "Pacify".

Honeybee is a book composed of poetry and prose that mix memories, science and social issues. The focus shifts continually from honeybees, to the continuing violence in the Middle East, to memories of childhood, to specific situations in which people manage to transcend their own differences. I had never read a book of poetry and prose before, and I absolutely loved it. I will definitely use this someday in my class to introduce poetry, prose, and figures of speech. It is not too hard of a read, yet it still gives the reader plenty of opportunities to decode and interpret the writing. Both middle schoolers and high schoolers could benefit from reading this book.

Naomi Shihab Nye doesn't get enough credit for her sense of humor. Sure, most of her work foregrounds empathy, humanity, and kindness. But she can also be funny, especially in "Honeybee." In addition to the kinds of free-verse poems she's best known for, this short collection also contains a handful of funny+compelling anecdotes in the form of prose-poems. The time she and a friend mistook a residence for an art museum is a standout.

I've had this book borrowed from the library for over a year now and only just finished it. I feel like I was meant to read it now; I felt many connections to it that I may not have recognized had I read it any earlier. My favorite pieces were:MuseumWee PathMissing ItLion ParkCompanionsThe White CatBefore I Read The Kite RunnerJonathan's Kiwi Cake