Flying South: A Collection of Winter Ghazals

Flying South is a series of meditations. Written in the ghazal form, each poem in the collection approaches ideas that are traditionally expressed through ghazals: love and longing—for people, cities, and moments.

The chapbook was born out of a challenge the poet set for herself to write a poem a day for the duration of her travels from the UK to Morocco at the end of 2019. It quickly evolved into a shifting portrait of the overwhelming beauty of daily life. Throughout it, the poet is in awe of everything: walking, the faces of strangers, the sun, and the sky. The newness of travel which turns cold winter days into constant sources of inspiration is also a cause of yearning.