and she stepped out of the grove
By Aiya Sakr
“tell me about my birth my migration / my coming to this language not my language”
Aiya Sakr was born in the United States but grew up in Amman, Jordan, with Palestinian and Egyptian heritage. She is the author of Her Bones Catch the Sun (The Poet’s Haven, 2018). A Pushcart Prize nominee, her poems have appeared in Mizna, Nimrod, and elsewhere. She has a master’s degree in literature and writing from Utah State University. Currently, she’s completing an MFA in poetry at Purdue University, where she serves as Poetry Editor for Sycamore Review.
By Aiya Sakr
“tell me about my birth my migration / my coming to this language not my language”