First there was the pen...
...and then there was a woman who daydreamed her way through life, read like a dragon hoarding gold, and wouldn't stop trying to capture the worlds in her head - no matter how elusive they proved to be.
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❝ the rope burns but i stay
holding fast, hanging on
with a long fall at my feet
and no mooring within reach
i am all thin lines and thick skin calloused strong
i am all strained muscle and heaving lungs bleeding
i am all hea...
March Poetry Prompts | Day 14
❝ kiss me like it’s almost spring,
and you are cold and hungry for my warmth.
kiss me like your lips are numb,
careful and clumsy against my own, earnestly relearning.
kiss me like winter’s ending,
like sun and rain and flow...
March Poetry Prompts | 9 - 13
❝ spring is come, on the heels of the last frost warning
writing itself out like green ink in the margins of an old book
(slight, at first, in the fringes, and then sprawling)
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Hello, I'm Sumayyah! Welcome to my newsletter. I'm a Muslim writer of fiction and poetry. I'm based in Canada and I'm the co-founder of Sakina Literary Society. I'm also a freelance photographer over at finderscapture.com
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