Topic: Poem

A poem by Adivasi rights activist Abhay Xaxa

At 22, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan is a Cambridge University graduate and a third-generation Pakistani born in Bradford. Her poem ‘This Is Not A Humanising Poem’ was performed at The Last Word Festival, with her being awarded the runner-up prize.

I'm also done with cishet men telling me how to react to such things. So all I'll say today is: Thank you, to all the men, for making sure I never ever travel in the general coach of the Delhi metro alone.

Nayyirah Waheed is a U.S.-based writer who started writing at the age of 11 when her teacher gave a poetry assignment to her class. She published her first book of poetry, titled Salt, in September of 2013. However, since publishing her poems on the Internet, she has amassed a huge following on social media platforms such as Instagram and Tumblr

For someday things shall get better Maybe not now, but latter And that day my friend, read out my letter For this ain’t no twitter.

I’ve left Earth & I am touching everything you beg your telescopes to show you.