![]() Her words “No one leaves home unless/home is the mouth of a shark”, from the poem “Conversations about Home (at a deportation center)”, have been called “a rallying call for refugees and their advocates”. ![]() In 2013 she was awarded the inaugural Brunel University African Poetry Prize, chosen from a shortlist of six candidates out of a total 655 entries. Born in Kenya in 1988 and raised in London to Somali parents, she has read her work extensively as an internationally touring poet. Warsan Shire is a writer, poet, editor and teacher. No one leaves home unless home is a sweaty voice in your ear Messed up their own country and now they want No one spends days and nights in the cold bladder of a truckįeeding on newspaper unless the miles travelled That no one would put their children in a boat Made it clear that you would not be going back. Only tearing up your passport in airport toilets No one leaves home unless home chases youĪnd even then you carried the anthem under Who kissed you dizzy behind the old tin factory When you see the whole city running as well However, its theme of migration and identity got me thinking about one of my favourite poems – Home by Warsan Shire. I’m currently reading David Mogo Godhunter by Suyi Davies Okungbowa.
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