At last, it’s here! My debut poetry collection: When Language Left Me

I am so happy to be able to share these poems with you!

My book is available for purchase through your local bookstore (by request), from Amazon, or directly from the printer at the discounted price of just $10.95 (see the link at the bottom of this page).

Thank you for your support of my work!

-Farzana

“Before a massive stroke silenced her in 2015, the poet and translator Farzana Marie spoke six languages. After a decade of arduous rehabilitation, she now speaks a seventh: the tongue of remarkable courage.”
-Paulann Petersen, Oregon Poet Laureate Emerita

“…a book rich in grief and laughter, poems from the tongue’s recovery in the aftermath of stroke. … Reading these pages, you will see each word pulled heroically from silence, thought uttered past paralysis, insight pried forth to sing.”
-Kim Stafford, author of As the Sky Begins to Change

“This fierce and moving collection chronicles the decade since [Farzana Marie’s stroke] and the sentence-by-sentence struggle to build from blank and misshapen thoughts.”
-Lauren Camp, New Mexico Poet Laureate Emerita

“Word by word, poem by poem, this powerful volume charts [Farzana Marie’s] way forward, as she crafts a lyrical path of courage, transformation, hope, and resilience.”
-Juhi Bansal, award-winning Composer, Conductor, and Teacher

“For those unfamiliar with aphasia, [Farzana Marie’s poetry] gives a rare and powerful glimpse into what it is like to lose language.”
-Fabi Hirsch Kruse, PhD, CCC-SLP, Co-Founder: Friends of Aphasia

“After a stroke in Afghanistan nearly erased her—and her treasured languages—Farzana Marie writes herself back—word by word—with humor, wonder, and a relentless spirit that turns loss into beauty, meaning, and, ultimately, transcendence."
-Nassim Assefi, MD, Novelist, Creative Curator, Civic Activist

“These poems bring the poet and the reader together, on our shared plain of humanity, to each examine and explore our identity, our fragility, our power, and the possibilities to be found within ourselves.”
-PW Covington, New Mexico Beat Poet Laureate