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Her first collection of poems, “Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth,” came out in 2011. With this constant feeling of displacement, Shire has learned to use poetry to illustrate her lack of belonging. The 29-year-old was born in Kenya to Somalian parents but grew up in London. Parts of Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” visual album derived from one of Shire’s poems. Her poems circle throughout Twitter and videos of her reciting her poems still show up on YouTube feeds. Poet Warsan Shire writes about the immigrant experience and tweets out “my dj name is dj eldest immigrant daughter.”īecause of her relatability, her poems have become mantras and mottos for young women.

With the advancement of social media, Twitter has become a tool for all. Made it clear that you wouldn’t be going back.It’s become common for poet laureates to also be avid tweeters. Only tearing up your passport in an airport toilet 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 View our navigation menu in the header to view useful subs/resources! Reddit formatting (aka 'fancy courier font trick')Ĥ spaces after each line escapes double spacingĭouble space the end of a line for a line break Have a question for the mods? Click here! Posts using this tag may be subject to moderator approval. : For discussing the subreddit itself, or discussing other posts that appear on the subreddit.

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