Thank you to everyone who joined us for this session!

For this session we read a poem “[i love them still]” by Fatimah Asghar, posted below.

Our prompt was: “Start your writing with ‘Scattered like a seed…‘”

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[i love them still] by Fatimah Asghar

Copyright © 2026 by Fatimah Asghar. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on June 30, 2026, by the Academy of American Poets.