I need poem explications for My Father and the Fig Tree by Naomi Shihab Nye thanks.?

I found the poem at this website:



http://www.pbs.org/now/arts/nyepoems1.ht...



There are links above the poem that can take you to an interview with the poet done by Bill Moyers and lesson plans about the poem and others by this poet.



I hope this helps you.