Dhaka Dust Quotes

“She punched
holes in jar-lids
for walking sticks
and crickets
but not for fireflies.”
― Dilruba Ahmed, Dhaka Dust: Poems

“What god will catch me
when I'm down, when I've taken
sufficient drink to reveal
myself, when my words are little
more than a blurring
of consonant and vowel?”
― Dilruba Ahmed, Dhaka Dust: Poems

“The moon's a chlorine stain, giant
cipher”
― Dilruba Ahmed, Dhaka Dust: Poems

“You'd like to tease and say,

Mothers, do not name
your sons Mohammed. But
you do not joke anymore.
You don't joke about anything.”
― Dilruba Ahmed, Dhaka Dust: Poems

“Mothers, do not name
your sons Mohammed. But
you do not joke anymore.
You don't joke about anything”
― Dilruba Ahmed, Dhaka Dust: Poems