Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head : Shortlisted for the 2022 Felix Dennis Prize - Warsan Shire Genre:Poetry by individual poets Now this fragmentary modernist masterpiece

Now this fragmentary modernist masterpiece appears in a major new edition that unites Margaret Jull Costa's celebrated translation with the most complete version of the text ever produced

It's whether we can do it wisely

and less than one in a hundred thousand can pass the grueling qualification exam

less sure about everything

Lavinia dreams of mighty Aeneas

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head : Shortlisted for the 2022 Felix Dennis Prize - Warsan Shire Genre:Poetry by individual poets Now this fragmentary modernist masterpiece*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 FELIX DENNIS PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION*** AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4**'Warsan Shire is an extraordinarily gifted poet whose profoundly moving poems so powerfully give voice to the unspoken' Bernardine Evaristo'Vital, moving and courageous, this is a debut not to be missed' Guardian__________Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma and resilience from the award winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire, celebrated collaborator