before seed sinks in sea, i am.
the harvest moon my witness.
Leila Farjami is an Iranian-American poet and psychotherapist. She is the author of the poetry collection Daughter of Salt (Trio House Press, 2026), the Editor’s Selection. She has won the Iowa Review Award, The Cincinnati Review ‘s Schiff Award, and a PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship. A Pushcart nominee, her poems appear in Ploughshares, The Iowa Review, AGNI, Pleiades, among others. Her work can be followed at @Leila_poetry and leilafarjami.com.
