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our limbs which had already traveled far beyond her world, carrying the click of distances in the smooth, untroubled soles of their shoes.

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
Beyond
Click
Already
Clicks
World
Limbs
Carrying
Traveled
Smooth
Soles
Shoes
Untroubled
Distance
Distances

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