Project Description
Amir Darwish
Amir Darwish is a British/Syrian poet of Kurdish origin. He was born in Aleppo in 1979 and came to the UK as an asylum seeker during the Second Gulf War. His poetry has been published in the USA, Pakistan, Finland, Morocco and Mexico and in the anthology Break-Out. His collection of poetry is Don’t Forget the Couscous (Smokestack, 2015). He has an MA in International Studies (Middle East) from the University of Durham and a BA (Hons) History, Teesside University.
If I ever see love
If I ever see love wandering alone,
I will take it in,
Make the heart its home
And the eyes its window to the world.
I will keep it there forever
And ever
And ever.