POET OF THE MONTH #11: Fatma Ben Mahmoud

FATMA BEN MAHMOUD

THE PROSTITUTE

Every morning…

She declares repentance

she tidies up her loneliness

and enumerates her orphan 

wish…

At the end of every night

she reverts to her old habit 

                                                                        (2012?)

Translated by ALI ZNAIDI 

The Poet:  Fatma Ben Mahmoud is a Tunisian poet, novelist, journalist and teacher.  She has published three poetry collections and a fictionalized autobiography titled A Woman at the Time of Revolution.


Click HERE to read more poetry by FATMA BEN MAHMOUD published on the excellent WordPress blog Tunisian Literature (In English) created and maintained by ALI ZNAIDI. 

Many thanks to ALI ZNAIDI for translating and posting this and other poems.  Be sure to visit his blog at: http://tunisianlit.wordpress.com/


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