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A Nightmare of Daughters Rowyda Amin (bio) This daughter is a mask of soapto scratch with long nails. This one I can wipe downand write on again. This daughter is antsand thorny undergrowth. This one is a drawingin blue ink washed by rain. Their matricidal raisin eyes,their hair unwashed and wild. Girls, there’s no way to stopthe wind bleaching your thighs. [End Page 70] Rowyda Amin Rowyda Amin grew up in Canada, Saudi Arabia, and England; she lived in London for eleven years and now resides in the Bronx. She is the author of the chapbooks Desert Sunflowers (flipped eye, 2014) and We Go Wandering at Night and Are Consumed by Fire (Sidekick Books, 2017). Her poems have appeared in anthologies from Bloodaxe Books, Sidekick Books, and Cinnamon Press, as well as in magazines including Poetry Review, Magma, and Wasafiri. She has performed at the Royal Festival Hall, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Ledbury and Brighton festivals. Copyright © 2020 Middlebury College Publications
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