The poetry of Fatimah Asghar
Partition by Fatimah Asghar
Check this absolute badboy of a poem. It comes from Fatimah Asghar’s collection ‘If they come for us.’ This poem is everything I love about autobiographical work. It’s on the nose but still so potent in its delivery.
Your prompt for the day
This poem uses a repeated phrase. Try creating your own poem using the same repeated phrase.
Write - You’re ……………………….. until they/you………………………………… 10 times on a piece of paper.
Write into each one giving yourself the time to reflect.
Go through and perhaps shift and move things to make them your own.
Have fun!
