POET OF THE WEEK
Shahani Sainulabdeen
Week of March 12
323/365
Girls Don’t Dive
Girls don’t dive, her mother said
So she just dips her feet wet
In the temple pond
while her brothers plunge
Water hands will not choke you, they taunt
Water monster is not afraid of the boys, they bellow
“We are all bodies of water”,
She whispers to her reflection.
Girls Don’t Dive
Girls don’t dive, her mother said
So she just dips her feet wet
In the temple pond
while her brothers plunge
Water hands will not choke you, they taunt
Water monster is not afraid of the boys, they bellow
“We are all bodies of water”,
She whispers to her reflection.
Shahani Sainulabdeen 28, Redmond
FAVORITE POETRY FORM Haiku and medieval Sufi poetry. They fit in this world of social media and short attention spans.
READING NOW Ms Militancy by Meena Kandasamy
DEAREST BODY OF WATER The well in my ancestral house in India. Its walls were covered in moss, giving it a beautiful green hue.
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