{"line1":"\"Why do we study English, French, German,","line2":"and you do not study Arabic in your country?\"","line3":"she says, while peering with curious","line4":"black oval eyes from behind a cloth","line5":"carefully concealing her.","line6":"\"I want to learn. I want to know of your lands,","line7":"your ways, just as I yearn to know","line8":"of all the ways of people around the world.\"","line9":"\"What do you want to know?\"","line10":"Her eyes become thin and long.","line11":"\"Tell me, what do you want to know?\"","line12":"\"Everything,\" I say.","line13":"\"Everything.\"","seoTitle":"Curious Eyes — A Poem About Cultural Curiosity and Understanding","seoDescription":"Curious black oval eyes peer from behind a cloth, asking to understand the world. A poem about cross-cultural dialogue and universal yearning.","keywords":"poem about cultural understanding, curiosity poetry, cross-cultural poem, dialogue poem, world poetry"}