Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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الروح

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Sunday, November 22, 2020

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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

He.

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He. Serpent with wings Whose ‘purity’ contaminates my vision I am blind and He He is my sight. He. Coloniser Does not sleepw...
Saturday, February 8, 2020

Sweating Blood

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Gabay is like a blood vessel ready for rupture. A thrombosis of emotions breaking its incarnation. I feel as though I’m going vomit the tr...
Wednesday, March 7, 2018

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My hands are sweaty, Flat feet taking steps in an unknown direction, Inquiring eyes lingering over me suspiciously, One step outside is ...
Sunday, April 9, 2017

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Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Speak

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I speak the tongue of a broken people. Whose lungs are filled with water of the Mediterranean. Whose hands hold the dust of foreign streets...
Saturday, May 7, 2016

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With her eyes she looks To another world she glares Love beckons,and it mentions The undying faith,put on detention The bleeding ...
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Garissa Attack

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Intense with emotions I feel the pain, Tearful inside for the 147 students slain, Mainstream media say they struck again, Al-shabaab, wh...
Friday, May 1, 2015

Hadrawi

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Dear Hadrawi, If poetry should remain our propagule, what is the language of Diaspora? Teach us a poem of infinite translation. Help us r...
Friday, April 10, 2015

Ayeeyo

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Dearest Grandma, Did you weave this with your aged hands, Hoping to see me wed a man, Before you left behind your land? Did you wonder wh...

"He Who Knew Me"

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I have always thought that no one understands me With all the good intention in the world at times my actions do not match I still smile I ...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Mogadishu

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Taste of blood sound of an explosion smell of a gun powder a heritage that i carry on my shoulder Mogadishu .... Mogadishu ... Mo...
Monday, February 9, 2015

I seek

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The sun rose this morning and gave birth to another day And with it, I arose again Today I choose courage, Or at least a courageous pretense...

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Even a caged bird never forgets to sing Picture how the heavens teach the most beautiful of lessons, celestial movements have compromise and...
Friday, January 16, 2015

Home

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I have heard the word “home” spoken around me  more often than any other word in my lifetime; heard it spoken thick with longing, my mother’...

A Measured Life

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Under the darkness of night I met the moon Whose light dazzled upon my feet Bringing to light the empty garden With the shadows of a single...

Qolof diin diin

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Diin dal qaladeed ku dayaamay Dunida oo idil darbi ka dugsaday Damacsan in uu ka duulo balse qolof ku daboolantahay Dadkii difaaci lahaa oo...

My night anthem

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I hear voices in my head that says I am free  I ask myself questions but I try to let it be  Escaping is not an alternative so listen t...
Friday, December 19, 2014

My daughter

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First and foremost you carry the legacy of women  Who were battered and bruised  So that you may know their triumph, come to hear their...
Saturday, October 25, 2014

Tonight

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Tonight is a drunk man, his dirty shirt. There is no couple chatting by the recycling bins, offering to help me unload my plastics. Th...

Talo

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Talo waa tii shalay Midina waa ta bariye Tan maanta maanka dagtay Ayaa maqal iga mudane Tartanku baday Tanaazulkuna yaraaye Eebow talada too...

Getting Back Up

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When I got the worst news ever that shook my heart  And threatened to steal everything from me  How someone destroy my life so easily? ...

Cycle of pain

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Pain has numbed my senses My poetry is filled with grief Will a lover seek joy in me? I take courage to face this Past, its fire er...

One day I will Rise

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You now lock me in detention and damage my hopes but it’s like dust and one day I will rise. You may avoid my sadness and send me...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Survivor!!

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When I feel the worst I hope for the best.  When I am weak I pretend to be the strongest.  When the entire world is against me I hide m...

October 2nd 2011

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It is October and no chills just yet. The Londoners have already packed up for winter; boots, hats, ear muffs and coats. The last wee...

Maanso: Adeer

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Adeero Adeero aduunka Dhibkiisa aloosan adeero Allow uu ku seego adeero. Wixii intifaac leh adeero Ammaan iyo raaxo adeero Agtaad...