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The person you have known a long tme is embedded in you like a jewel. The person you have just met casts out a few glistening beams & you are fascinated to see more of them. How many more are there? With someone you've barely met the curiosity is intoxicating.

Naomi Shihab Nye

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Naomi Shihab Nye
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 12
Poet
Teacher
University Teacher
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Many
Casts
Intoxicating
Long
Curiosity
Beams
Like
Mets
Jewel
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Beam
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Embedded
Someone
Jewels
Persons
Barely
Person
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Glistening

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