Poet of the Week - Naomi Shihab Nye     Naomi Shihab Nye (born March 12, 1952) is a poet, songwriter and a novelist. She was born to a Palestinian father and American mother. Although she regards herself as a "wandering poet", she refers to San Antonio as her home.     At the age of six, Nye began writing poems. She was influenced by her mother who read to her all the time. At first her early works were based on childish things such as cats, squirrels, friends, teachers, etc. It wasn't until she was fourteen that she would visit her Palestinian grandmother; this would eventually become part of the messages in her many collections of poetry. Her book "Fuel" is an example. Some of her works were published in places like Seventeen, Modern Poetry Studies, and Ironwood.[1]  Naomi Shihab Nye   Click here for more information on this poet.