Poem - My Life

My life
Faleeha Hassan

My mother was in a hurry,
She didn’t dress me in the silk of her love
My father, on the other hand is gone
My brother followed his steps
What the matter of this family
They didn't bother to put some drops of honey,
So, my life remained bitter and severe
Once I asked my grandmother
- Do you love me?
She stuttered: - Who do I have but you?
And when I found him searching on his computer
I asked why is your mind just occupied with the whisper of screens,
Do you love me?
He said fragilely: - Who do I have but you?



Biography:
Faleeha Hassan  is a poet, teacher, editor, writer, and playwright born in Najaf, Iraq, in 1967, who now lives in the United States. Faleeha was the first woman to write poetry for children in Iraq. She received her master's degree in Arabic literature, and has now published 26 books, her poems have been translated into English, Turkmen, Bosnian, Indian, French, Italian, German, Kurdish, Spain, Korean, Greek, Serbia, Albanian, Pakistani, Romanian, Malayalam, Chinese, ODIA, Nepali and Macedonian language. She is the Pulitzer Prize Nomination 2018, PushCaret Prize Nomination 2019.
Member of International Writers and Artists Association.
Winner of the Women of Excellence Inspiration award from SJ magazine 2020,
Winner of the Grand Jury Award (the Sahitto International Award for Literature 2021)
One of the Women of Excellence selection committees 2023
Winner of women the arts award 2023
Member of Whos’ Who in America 2023
SAHITTO AWARD, JUDGING PANEL 2023
Winner of HerStory Award from women’s Federation for world peace new Jersey 2024
Cultural Ambassador - Iraq, USA since 2018
Cultural Ambassador and worldwide literary advisor PEN CRAFT Bangladesh
Honoured to be appointed as a 2024 Peace Ambassador by the Universal Peace Federation