A writer with roots in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Bangladesh, Ahmed earned BPhil and MAT degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and an MFA from Warren Wilson College. She has taught in Chatham University’s Low-Residency MFA program.
By Dilruba Ahmed
This morning, a light
so full, so complete
we might ask why
the god of sun
is also god of plague,
why the god of healing
also god of archery.
The children under trees—
unaware their hearts
have become targets
red and inflamed
as the eyes of men in thrones—
find sticks...
By Dilruba Ahmed
They staunched the wound with a stone.
They drew blue venom from his blood
until there was none.
When his veins ran true his face remained
lifeless and all the mothers of the village
wept and pounded their chests until the...
