The Traveling Onion by Naomi Shihab Nye was a very interesting poem. After I first read it, I began asking myself: Why in the world did Naomi write a story about onions? Is this story actually about onions, or is there more to it? If there is more to it, then what did she mean? I was confused when she said things like, "I could kneel and praise all small forgotten miracles", "a history revealed", and "for the sake of others, disappear"; it was not until we had group discussions that I truly began to understand what she meant by those phrases. I thought that I was missing something because I did not fully understand what the poem was about. It was not until after we completed the "experiment" that I found that it is okay to ask questions and to be a little confused even after reading and re-reading the story again.
After discussing this story with my peers, I have come to the conclusion that The Traveling Onion is about taking time a recognizing the "small" or insignificant things in life...whether it is as small and significant as an onion or as serious as a person. This life we live would not be the same if it were not for the little things in life. Stew would not be the same if it did not have the onion in it..this world would be incomplete if it were not for each and every one of us..no matter how small or insignificant we may feel.
Jeremiah 29:11 "'For I know the plans I have for you', declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'" & Psalm 139:13-14 "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well."
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