mwahaahaha half american and half palestinian naomi shihab nye is an amazing figure paving the way for other ethnic poets starting at the age of seven she is a song writer and a novelist who often writes about the small details of life that we take for granted even though she regards herself as a wandering poet she refers to san antonio as her home nye has also written children s books music and poetry recordings and translations of poetry for her works she has won many awards including the four pushcart prizes the jane addams children's book award and the paterson poetry prize as of today she lives in san antonio made by rableniver to fool english teachers into thinking i plagrized ha