Food and Beverage: “Abecedarian Mango” by Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi

Abecedarian Mango

after Dan Vera
after Ellen Bass

About Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi

Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi is a Black mother who spends time with forests and waters on land of the T’Sou-ke Nation. Her work strives to instigate action in service to world-building, social change, and collaboration. Her poems live in Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, MAYDAY, Torch, Rise Up Review, and other portals. She is a fellow of the Pink Door Writing Retreat, the Anaphora Arts Writing Residency, and In Surreal Life. She is the author of the chapbooks EVERYTHING GOOD IS DYING (Deep Vellum Publishing) and Moon Woman (Thoughtcrime Press). Her debut full-length poetry collection, DREAMS FOR EARTH, is forthcoming from Deep Vellum September 2025. Travel with her online at fatimaayanmalikahirsi.com.