{"id":17384,"date":"2023-10-24T02:10:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T21:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcpoetry.ca\/editorials\/hierarchies-the-northern-harrier-hawk-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-10-28T00:04:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T19:04:38","slug":"jerusalems-smile-by-naomi-shihab-nye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcpoetry.ca\/editorials\/jerusalems-smile-by-naomi-shihab-nye\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem\u2019s Smile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">My father speaks from the heaven we don\u2019t believe in\n\nAssign nothing to Jerusalem\n\nWho is that man pretending power\n\nover my stones?\n\nNo one with guns will ever own me\n\nCobbled stones feel my smile\n\nKingdom of heaven set into sunrise\n\nLayers of giant time\n\nThey hold so many feet\n\ntromping daily for centuries\n\nall those bowed heads\n\nfolded hands secret glories&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; are part of me\n\nSee how the man of power stands at a podium&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; imagining\n\nhe can say who I am&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; where I belong in the\n\nconstellation of cities&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n\ntrust me\n\nI last longer than he does\n\nshabbiest vendor\n\nbelonging to air<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Note<\/summary>\n<p>\u201cJerusalem\u2019s Smile\u201d appears in <em>The Tiny Journalist<\/em> (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2019)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull bio-group has-smoke-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:2rem;padding-bottom:2rem\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-decoration:underline\">Bio<\/h2>\n\n\n            <div class=\"wp-block-media-text bio is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"> \r\n                <figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/arcpoetry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/current-photo-naomi-shihab-nye-copy.jpg);background-position:50% 50%\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arcpoetry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/current-photo-naomi-shihab-nye-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Naomi Shihab Nye leaning against a light tan wall. Nye is wearing a blue collar shirt and is smiling at the camera.\" \/>\r\n                <\/figure>\r\n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n                    <h3 class=\"author-bio-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arcpoetry.ca\/editorials\/creator\/naomi-shihab-nye\/\">Naomi Shihab Nye<\/a><\/h3>\r\n                    <p>Palestinian-American poet <strong>Naomi Shihab Nye\u2019s<\/strong> forthcoming book is <em>Grace Notes: Poems About Families<\/em>. \u201cJerusalem\u2019s Smile\u201d appears in <em>The Tiny Journalist<\/em> (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2019). [provided November 2023]<\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My father speaks from the heaven we don\u2019t believe in Assign nothing to Jerusalem Who is that man pretending power over my stones? 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