MOUTH OF DUSK

Mouth of Dusk is a deceptively simple yet emotionally potent collection that introduces a miracle: a way to speak after a long silence. Surayya Musa uses lines and familiar imagery to map the landscape of the real North, where historical peace has been replaced by the rhythm of gunfire, and where survivors endure like "Borno's stubborn weed." These poems move with unforced clarity between an intimate ache and a communal grief, documenting the scars of war, loss, and the lasting yearning for home, ultimately dishing a doorway back to belonging, even when the earth itself trembles and refuses to forgive.