Poetry: “Diaspora” by Sarah E. Azizi

About Sarah E. Azizi

Sarah E. Azizi was born in Shiraz, city of poets and roses, during the last hour of July in 1976. Two years later, she arrived in the United States. Sarah received her BA from Goucher College; since 2002, she’s lived in New Mexico, where she snagged an MFA and has rooted herself as a queer activist and educator. Publications include Rattle, Fahmidan, Wrongdoing, The Coop, Emerge Literary Journal, and Free State Review. Sarah has had poems anthologized in Rituals from Bell Press and Not Ghosts but Spirits from Querencia Press. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart and Best of the Net. Sarah’s debut collection, Make a Wish, will be published by ELJ Editions in 2025. She lives with her daughter, among friends, family of choice, and piles of unfinished work. Follow her all over: @SEAziziWrites.