So I'm back at my old childhood masjid for winter break and I head over on my own and I pray and I sit and I have never felt this way before and so I write about it: (note: poem edited April 2018) This masjid is no longer mine to swallow. i cough up bits … Continue reading poetry// 46903 Sugarland Road
Author: Mona Hagmagid
poetry// the Nile
I want to go back to the Nile. I was there before, but that feels like eons ago. I want to go back to the Nile. I have always loved rivers and running water, and so, I want to go back and witness its glory for myself again. It has been too long. I can … Continue reading poetry// the Nile
poetry// sisterly love
Thoreau walked the paths of nature I pound the streets of University City Air smells of burning food maybe, or something wafting out of the sewage pipes Perhaps the man next to me just stamped out his cigarette a couple blocks back and now his breath is smoking too . The sun beats down on … Continue reading poetry// sisterly love
Daughter of Diaspora 