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Teaching my Mother how to Give Birth

Shire, Warsan, 1988- Book - 2011 Adult Book / Nonfiction / Literary Arts / Plays & Poetry / Shire, Warsan, 823.914 Sh 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4 out of 5

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What your mother told you after your father left -- Your mother's first kiss -- Things we had lost in the summer -- Maymuun's mouth -- Grandfather's hands -- Bone -- Snow -- Birds -- Beauty -- The kitchen -- Fire -- When we last saw your father -- You were conceived -- Trying to swim with God -- Questions for Miriam -- Conversations about home -- Old Spice -- My foreign wife is dying and does not want to be touched -- Ugly -- Tea with our grandmothers -- In love and in war.

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Beautiful poems submitted by bcartm01 on June 21, 2022, 8:51pm I did not really connect with these poems, but I can appreciate that they were lovely yet difficult.

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SERIES
Mouthmark series
no. 10.



PUBLISHED
London : Mouthmark series, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 34 pages ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781905233298 (pbk.)
1905233299 (pbk.)

SUBJECTS
Somali poetry -- 21st century.
English poetry -- 21st century.