Wednesday Poetry: 'My Mother is a Storyteller'
Her brothers locked her up to draw a confession from her. She never replied with a “yes” or a “no,” for she never knew what love was to begin with.
This poem was originally published in Architect of the World (2002), and appeared in Salma Harland’s translation in ArabLit Quarterly’s DREAMS issue.
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