Welcome to Penguin Writes
Words that wander, stories that stay.
Poetry, stories, reflections, and literary journeys by Dua Fatima, written gently, remembered deeply.
This month's opening page
Internal Pursuit
The lord resides within your heart; why seek him far away?
You Were Here
“The same sentence, ending in six different silences.”
Wait
“In the pause after thunder, just before the rain.”
Dread
“An acrostic where the dawn arrives but brings no light.”
I Would Rather You
“A litany for the almost-chosen, the barely-kept.”
No Myth is Dead
“Tiresias, Sisyphus, Faustus, the old myths still walking the streets.”
Et Savez-vous
“What exactly, someday, will they say about you?”
You Were Here
The same sentence, ending in six different silences.
Read You Were HereI said Goodbye
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Poetry, stories, reflections, anthologies, haikus, and quotes, each with its own room. Step into whichever calls to you.
Poetry
Verse on love, loss, time, and the quiet mechanics of being human.
Explore ❦4 storiesShort Stories
Longer narratives of family, fate, and lives the world looked past.
Explore ❋7 reflectionsReflections
Essays and musings on writing, waiting, comfort, and creative courage.
Explore ✎New cornerBlog
Articles on writing and literature, plus book reviews and summaries.
Explore ❀CollectionsAnthologies
Pieces gathered into shared volumes alongside other voices.
Explore ✿365 projectHaikus
A daily seventeen-syllable practice, one small image at a time.
Explore ☾FragmentsQuotes
Lines worth keeping, lifted from the notebooks and the margins.
ExploreBegin with a Feeling
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Quotes & Excerpts
Perhaps the future is not somewhere ahead, but something we have left behind.