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World, Safia Elhillo, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, Languages, English, Sudan, Arabic American

For My Friends, in Reply to a Question by Safia Elhillo

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“in my dreams / I am touching the faces of my friends, we are / each one of us touching” — Safia Elhillo

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anxiety, community, dreams, family, fear, friendship, journeys, living, memory, mortality, poetry, prayers, readalittlepoetry, self, surviving, war

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World, Danusha Laméris, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, Black Poets, Languages, English

Small Kindnesses by Danusha Laméris

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“Don’t die,” we are saying. / And sometimes, when you spill lemons / from your grocery bag, someone else will help you / pick them up."

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being human, community, encouragement, grace, hope, kindness, people, poetry

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World, Tarfia Faizullah, Poetry, United States of America, Collection, Read More Women, Languages, English, Asian American

Poem Full of Worry Ending with My Birth by Tarfia Faizullah

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"I worry I can no longer pretend / enough to get through another / year of pretending

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anxiety, being human, being poc, community, existence, poetry, relationships, surviving

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