Poems of the Decade : An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry Whitney Award for Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction (2015) American Muslim immigrants

American Muslim immigrants

the chakras are the very wheels that carry us through life

and treachery lurks at every turn

cornfields and potato drills We trekked and picked until the cans were full

dagli occhi così espressivi e rassicuranti

Poems of the Decade : An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry Whitney Award for Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction (2015) American Muslim immigrantsPoems of the Decade brings together more than one hundred poems from the many thousands submitted to the Forward Prizes for Poetry in the first decade of the 21st century. The Forwards are among the world's most coveted poetry honours. They have been awarded annually since 1992 for the Best Collection, Best First Collection and Best Single Poem published in Britain and Ireland, and the roster of winning, shortlisted and highly commended poets