![]() In 2009 she wrote “Conversations about home (at a deportation centre)” after a visit to the abandoned Somali Embassy in Rome that some young refugees had turned into their home. Warsan Shire – poet, writer, educator, editor – was born in Kenya to Somali parents and now lives in London. And although these titles are part of who I am, why would I write to that? I mean if it wasn’t “so brave”, it would be “so African” or “so Muslim”. In my work, I’m always trying to understand something, or remember something, or even celebrate something – in that you can’t hide or be dishonest.īut regardless of what kind of work you do, you will still always be pigeon-holed into something because it makes other people feel comfortable. Messed up their country and now they want No one spends days and nights in the stomach of a truckįeeding on newspaper unless the miles travelled That no one puts their children in a boat Made it clear that you wouldn’t be going back. Only tearing up your passport in an airport toilets It’s not something you ever thought of doingĪnd even then you carried the anthem under ![]() No one leaves home unless home chases you Who kissed you dizzy behind the old tin factory When you see the whole city running as well
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