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Dhaka Dust
Dhaka Dust: Poems | Dilruba Ahmed
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Winner of the 2010 Bakeless Prize for Poetry, the debut collection by Dilruba Ahmed Can’t occupy the same space at the same time unless, of course, you land in Dhaka —from “Dhaka Dust” Ranging across Europe and America to the streets of Bangladesh, the sharp-edged poems in Dhaka Dust are culled from a rich mélange of languages, people, and poetic attitudes. Through lyric and narrative poems, Dilruba Ahmed’s keen observations on birth, motherhood, and death offer a unique way into the beckoning world. Voices of villagers resonate alongside those of global travelers, each searching for an elusive homeland in small towns and cities alike. Vendors hawk their wares at a bazaar in Dhaka. Gyms in Ohio double as mosques for uprooted immigrants. In Ahmed’s skillful hands, these disparate subjects adroitly capture the textures of life in this new century.
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dabbe
Dhaka Dust: Poems | Dilruba Ahmed
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TheSpineView 🤩🤩🤩 3d
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wanderinglynn
Dhaka Dust: Poems | Dilruba Ahmed
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#poetrymatters March 12: sunrise

New Year by Dilruba Ahmed, a Bangladeshi American writer, educator, and poet. This poem is one in the tagged book. Her second book, Bring Now the Angels, is forthcoming this April.

TheSpineView That is an interesting poem. Different... in a good way. Like the imagery. 🤩 5y
wanderinglynn @TheSpineView that‘s what I thought. I liked the imagery. And I primarily picked it because she is a current poet. I‘m trying to be diverse in my picks. 😉 5y
TheSpineView @wanderinglynn Looking forward some more fab finds then! 🙂 5y
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