Warsan is also the unanimous winner of the 2013 Inaugural Brunel University African Poetry Prize. Her poetry has been translated into Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. In 2012 she represented Somalia at the Poetry Parnassus, the festival of the world poets at the Southbank, London. She is the current poetry editor at SPOOK magazine. Her poems have been published in Wasafiri, Magma and Poetry Review and in the anthology 'The Salt Book of Younger Poets' (Salt, 2011). Born in 1988, Warsan has read her work extensively all over Britain and internationally - including recent readings in South Africa, Italy, Germany, Canada, North America and Kenya- and her début book, 'TEACHING MY MOTHER HOW TO GIVE BIRTH' (flipped eye), was published in 2011. Her poetry has been translated into Italian, Warsan Shire is a 24 year old Kenyan-born Somali poet, writer and educator based in London. About Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth. In 2012 she represented Somalia at the Poetry Parnassus, the festival of the world poets at the Southbank, London. Photo: Amaal Said Before any of the multiple directors, producers, or collaborators were credited at the end of Lemonade, Beyonc paid tribute to Warsan Shire, the Kenya-born, Somali-British. The poem is an example of the political tone of much of Shire’s work in her chapbooks. In this poem, the speaker describes the situation that makes one leave their dear country, home, and belongings. Her poems have been published in Wasafiri, Magma and Poetry Review and in the anthology 'The Salt Book of Younger Poets' (Salt, 2011). A poem eponymously about home, its contents deal predominantly with violence, loss, homelessness, statelessness and the unspeakability of trauma. ‘Home’ by Warsan Shire describes the tragic journey of refugees in search of safety, shelter, and relief from the tremulous situation of their native country. Born in 1988, Warsan has read her work extensively all over Britain and internationally - including recent readings in South Africa, Italy, Germany, Canada, North America and Kenya- and her début book, 'TEACHING MY MOTHER HOW TO GIVE BIRTH' (flipped eye), was published in 2011. A poem eponymously about home, its contents deal predominantly with violence, loss, homelessness, statelessness and the unspeakability of trauma. Warsan Shire is a 24 year old Kenyan-born Somali poet, writer and educator based in London.
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