Anyone who says, “Here’s my address, write me a poem, ” deserves something in reply. So I’ll tell a secret instead:poems hide. In the bottoms of our shoes, they are sleeping. They are the shadowsdrifting across our ceilings the moment before we wake up. What we have to dois live in a way that lets us find them. Naomi Shihab Nye
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The idea of poems hiding in our shoes is quite interesting. I know that, sometimes, poems are hidden in the bottom of shoes and it is quite hard to find them. I also know that, once found, they can be wonderful gifts. It seems that the poet was speaking about poetry in general rather than just the specific poem hide in the bottom of your shoe. I like this quote because it is quite poetic and expresses an idea about poetry in general.

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