Moniza Alvi

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Friday, January 3, 2003

Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan Comments

Rating: ★3.3

They sent me a salwar kameez
            peacock-blue,
                  and another
   glistening like an orange split open,
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Moniza Alvi

english Gardens Grandmother candy

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Grace Warne 24 January 2026

Love this! The imageryy is amazing. I'm Grace, a c0micc & manga artist. Your poem has so much visual potential ever thought about a c0micc adaptation? Let's connectt if you're interested! Discord: grace_warne23 | Instagram: grace_warne12

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Duck El Koo Koo 26 March 2025

Not gonna lie but I hate Poems that dont rhyme

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Isobel Farren 18 May 2023

this is an amazing poem, my fav

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aperson 14 January 2022

nice

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Uknown 14 January 2022

Nice Poem

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Allosey 28 September 2020

It’s okay pretty good nice poem keep up the good work

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GULALAI 18 September 2020

Love this poem the way hybrid identity is presented

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kacey 29 April 2019

I loved your poem.! ! ! !

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Alfie 13 February 2019

Amazing poem .I WANT MORE

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a. google user 31 January 2019

Why, oh, why are there random characters at the start of every line.

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Bob cratchit 10 January 2019

S the war the partition? Nice poem though.

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uknown 22 August 2020

why couldn't you put the words in there

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