"I wrote the poem for them, for my family and for anyone who has experienced or lived around grief and trauma in that way."
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Warsan Shire
Warsan Shire FRSL (August 1, 1988) is a British writer, poet, editor and teacher, who was born to Somali parents in Kenya.
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