Our ancestors did not breathe this air / Afeefah Khazi-Syed, Aleena Shabbir, Ayse Guvenilir, Maisha M. Prome, Mariam Dogar, Marwa Abdulhai

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khazi-Syed, Afeefah, author.

Shabbir, Aleena, author.

Guvenilir, Ayse, author.

Prome, Maisha M., author.

Dogar, Miriam, author.

Abdulhai, Marwa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women college students--United States--Poetry.

Women college students.

Children of immigrants--United States--Poetry.

Children of immigrants.

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

191 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Rockville, MD : Beltway Editions, [2022]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ON MOTHERS

Parachute / Afeefah Khazi-Syed

A sampling of my favorite lullaby / Ayse Guvenilir

I swear you were here / Mariam Dogar

Tranquility / Marwa Abdulhai

Our Story / Aleena Shabbir

Why I Don't Celebrate Father's Day / Maisha M. Prome

ON BEGINNINGS

Since the Day I Arrived / Maisha M. Prome

Search / A. Kena Shabbir

Carving / Mariam Dogar

The Prequel / Afeefah Khazi-Syed

ON SUMMER

2009 / Aleena Shabbir

Side effects of summer may include / Mariam Dogar

Do You Wanna Go To Target? / Maisha M. Prome

When I think sunshine / Ayse Guvenilir

ON LOVING

Morning Echoes / Afeefah Khazi-Syed

I don't know how to tell you I don't love you / Mariam Dogar

When in Dialogue / Arwa Abdulhai

A Mosaic / Maisha M. Prome

"Aleena" isn'twhatlgoby / Aleena Shabbir

On The Unspoken / Mariam Dogar

Hold Back / Ayse Guvenilir

I ask for Justice / Marwa Abdulhai

My Two Characters / Afeefah Khazi-Syed

Welcome Home / Maisha M. Prome

ON MIGRATION

A Citizenship / Marwa Abdulhai

The middle between us / Ayse Guvenilir

A Statement For The Confused / Afeefah Khazi-Syed

22 Years / Maisha M. Prome

ON HOME

The sun we haven't felt in years / Mariam Dogar

A house isn't a home, but it used to be / Ayse Guvenilir

Alive / Maisha M. Prome

Love Will Keep Us Safe / Aleena Shabbir

Found / Afeefah Khasg-Syed

ON HOME AGAIN

Dear My Favorite Memories / Ayse Guvenilir

March, 2020 / Maisha M. Prome

The final destination / Marwa Abdulhai

The Landing / Aleena Shabbir

Dear Kashmir / Afeefah Khazi-Sjed

ON FAITH

Sixth Grade / Afeefah Khasri-Syed

Empty / Ayse Guvenilir

Fleeting Faith / Aleena Shabbir

Submission / Mama Abdulhai

Dadi / Mariam Dogar

ON TONGUES

Rice / Maisha M. Prome

Zubaan / Marwa Abdulhai

Dots / Aleena Shabbir

Comb through from root to end / Ayse Guvenilir

ON FORGETTING

Our Kismaat / Marwa Abdulhai

Something, Anything / Maisha M. Prome

I remember / Ayse Guvenilir

Oud / Mariam Dogar

The Ending Does Not Exist / Afeefah Khazi-Syed

ON WOMEN

An Ode to the Things on My Face / Afeefah Khazi-Syed

Stages of woman hood / Marwa Abdulhai

Prayers You Whispered / Maisha M. Prome

In the Market for Mentors / Mariam Dogar

La regal / Ayse Guvenilir

ON HIATUS

It's not us / Mariam Dogar

If Mutations Were Expected Why Were We Caught Off Guard? / Afeefah Khazi-Syed

January, 2021 / Maisha M. Prome

Submersion / Aleena Shabbir

444 (no response) / Ayse Guvenilir

ON BEING REAL

How Are You Doing? / Afeefah Khazi-Syed

No Lawyer Necessary / Aleena Shabbir

Off-key / Ayse Guvenilir

Observation / Marwa Abdulhai

Tangerine / Mariam Dogar

ON THE GROUND BENEATH ME

Live Thoughts As I'm Skydiving / Aleena Shabbir

Rx for Sleep Paralysis / Mariam Dogar

In remembrance of the One / Marwa Abdulhai

My Lunch Box: The Exotic Bazaar / Afeefah Khazi-Syed

A Thousand Places / Maisha M. Prome

Enough / Ayse Guvenilir.

Notes:

"A collection of poems"--Cover

ISBN:

1957372001

9781957372006

OCLC:

1316777783