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I Write for My Motherland | M

Writer: IPM Team
IPM Team
Feb 17
1 min read
A textured yellow graphic with a poem titled "I Write for My Motherland" by M, age 15, from Somalia. The poem reads "I write for my motherland, / I write to describe it, / I write to remind myself of the taste of camel's milk, / I write to tell myself about the taste of digir iyo cano, / I write to tell you how well the goats sleep after they drink water, / I write to see how well the donkey walks when there is water / on his back after giving him masago, / I write to remember the smell of saxansaxo, / (the red sand of Somalia mixed with rain), / I write to remember the best nap I ever had / under the Qurad tree, / I write to tell you a nap under that tree is a hundred times better / than a nap in the most expensive hotel in the world. / I write to remember the beauty of EYL, the Somali city / that sleeps by the sea, / I write to pray for my beautiful country, that we can have peace again."

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This poem was included in IPM's February 2026 Newsletter.

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