Poem: "Land Where My Father Died" By Fatimah Asghar
"Land that mispronounces my grief land that calls my eulogy exotic land that makes a graveyard of my other land..."
Fatimah Asghar is a nationally touring poet, photographer and performer. While on a Fulbright studying theater in post-violent contexts she created a Spoken Word Poetry group, REFLEKS, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in POETRY Magazine, PEN Poetry Series, Academy of American Poets, The Margins, and Gulf Coast. She is a Kundiman Fellow and a member of the Dark Noise Collective. Her chapbook "After" was released on Yes Yes Books fall of 2015.
"Land that mispronounces my grief land that calls my eulogy exotic land that makes a graveyard of my other land..."
"Land that mispronounces my grief land that calls my eulogy exotic land that makes a graveyard of my other land..."