Warsan Shire (born 1 August 1988) is a British writer, poet, editor and teacher, who was born to Somali parents in Kenya. In 2013, she was awarded the inaugural Brunel University African Poetry Prize, chosen from a shortlist of six candidates out of a total 655 entries. Her words "No...
I am a lover without a lover. I am lovely and lonely and I belong deeply to myself.
My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.