“Poem” by WITS Student Aisha Muse

There’s a poem in this place

a poem stronger than a steel cup

a poem that races through
your mind faster

than a modern car

There’s a poem in this place

a poem so calm it feels like you’re sailing on the sea

There’s a poem in this place

a poem so wild

it sounds like a rock band

There’s a poem in this place

a poem that restarts but never ends


Aisha Muse wrote this poem while a student at Dearborn Park International Elementary School with WITS Writer-in-Residence Samar Abulhassan. Aisha read this poem to open our Literary Arts Series event with Abdulrazak Gurnah on September 20, 2022.

Posted in Creativity Literary Arts Series Writers in the Schools 2022/23 Season