Warsan Shire

Overview

Warsan Shire born Kenya August 1, 1988. Somali-British poet and author; poem “Home” on refugees.

Quotations

No one leaves home, unless. . .

I held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered
where does it hurt?
it answered
everywhere
everywhere
everywhere.

(“What they did yesterday afternoon”; photo Poetry Society)