Naomi Shihab Nye — I Feel Sorry for Jesus
Poetry Unbound
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The Power of Silence
Naomi Shiebnae's poem is an extraordinary critique of the way within which a character is spoken about in public language. She does that by making it funny, by making it easy, and especially by confessing her own complicity in the very things she's critiquing while she's doing it. In talking about this poem, the producer of Gotham said that this poem seems to be less about Jesus and more about the idea of Jesus.
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