Naomi Shihab Nye
The men emerge from the mine
in a cartridge with wheels
and everyone cheers.
In the hills
of Afghanistan,
deserts of Gaza,
mountains of Pakistan,
villages of Libya,
men crouching behind boulders
and broken houses
wish they knew their secret.
Naomi Shihab Nye lives in San Antonio, has written or edited 30 books, and is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.