100 Words on 45's 100 Days His last name means to win He drops bombs flattening children to prove that he can My friends write "not my president" online I am farthest from home I've been in a long time I write "I pledge no allegiance but children stay dead Buried by cement in Syria or a cop's bullet in America" And he goes on golfing, vacationing His belt swelling past buckle while swarms of children never grow up He's not my president but I live in a country who's sun is war We keep rotating around its warmth Our faces sunkissed each and every morning Every poem in this collection tapped into a myriad of emotions and brought the realities of war, politics, sexism, identity, sexuality, feminism, cultural history and religion to the forefront. She weaves her own story with current events and makes you ponder the state of the world, especially that of marginalized people. Every poem is beautiful and raw and feel each emotion in a visceral way. This bookdragon rates it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. ***SYNOPSIS: Poet and co-creator of the Emmy-nominated web series "Brown Girls" captures the experience of being a Pakistani Muslim woman in contemporary America, while exploring identity, violence, and healing. In this powerful and imaginative debut poetry collection, Fatimah Asghar nakedly captures the experiences of being a young Pakistani Muslim woman in America by braiding together personal and marginalized people's histories. After being orphaned as a young girl, Asghar grapples with coming-of-age as a woman without the guidance of a mother, questions of sexuality and race, and navigating a world that put a target on her back. Asghar's poems at once bear anguish, joy, vulnerability, and compassion, while exploring the many facets of violence: how it persists within us, how it is inherited across generations, and how it manifests in our relationships with friends and family, and in our own understanding of identity. Using experimental forms and a mix of lyrical and brash language, Asghar confronts her own understanding of identity and place and belonging. #poetryispolitical #poetryspeakslife #poetryishumanrights #readpoetry #bookstagram #booksandflowers #booksworm #booknerd (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDM3PXMgaEU/?igshid=1r9z6jxmzdnq
