Aisha Sasha John

Aisha Sasha John

I have to live.

Griffin Poetry Prize 2018
Canadian Shortlist

Book: I have to live.

Poet: Aisha Sasha John

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart

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Aisha Sasha John reads I decided that I was a planet and I was a planet. and What is bread?

I decided that I was a planet and I was a planet.

I had to.
I decided that I was a planet and –
I am.

What is bread?

Is bread women?
Is bread youth?
Is bread sorrow?
Is bread
A marshmallow?

What is bread?

From I have to live by Aisha Sasha John
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