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Later our dreams begin catching fire around the edges, they burn like paper, we wake with our hands full of ash.

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
Dream
Wake
Around
Later
Like
Begin
Paper
Dreams
Catching
Full
Ashes
Fire
Burn
Hands
Edges

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