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MY EYES SPEAK

Anne Dunford

Look at me


look at my eyes


what do you see?


I am strong


I won’t give up hope


all Afghan women must have hope


we want our freedom back


we want to go out on our own


go out without brothers or fathers


we want to go out to work


not just work at home


they make excuses - we wait


we study whatever we can


we hope for more education


they make more excuses - we wait


we don’t give up


look at me


look at my eyes


what do you see?


I am strong believe me




Anne Dunford's poems have been published in various poetry magazines and anthologies including Dawntreader and Southlight, also on Poetry Scotland’s website Open Mouse and StAnza’s poetry map of Scotland. She read from her illustrated collection of poems ‘From the Mountains to the Sea’ at the 2021 Big Lit in Gatehouse and was also commissioned to write a poem for the 2021 Wigtown Book Festival’s ‘Hello Stranger’.


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