My Grandmother in the Stars – Summary

My Grandmother in the Stars is a poem told about Naomi Shihab Nye’s grandmother. In the first part of the poem, the poet said people would not meet again on the earth, it might cause by death. People would leave each other forever by many reasons, and the most common one is death. Her grandmother might not meet her again. This made her felt really sad. Then she found that only some natural things, such us the sky, or the universe might connect she and her grandma.

In the second part of the poem, she showed something might happen in a normal morning in the place that her grandmother lived. She thought at that time, the neighbor’s horse would wake up and wait for the start of the day. She wished she would hear her grandma to talk about the stories of the horse or maybe the story of the heroic cow in the village. She just wanted to hear her grandmother’s words. She admired her grandmother, and wished she could see her again and bow to her, to the elder with rugged feet and old scarves.

Lastly, she knew that her grandmother and her were always in different places, and they never stayed together. However, she still wished that they could connect by their heart and she wished her grandmother could feel her heart, which missed her so much. She knew that they are calling each other in the distance with two different languages. The memory would last forever in both of their mind.