Zakiah Sayeed was born in India, and migrated to the United States in the mid sixties. She is the author of another book of poems, and stories of her life in India, titled Stray Th...view moreZakiah Sayeed was born in India, and migrated to the United States in the mid sixties. She is the author of another book of poems, and stories of her life in India, titled Stray Thoughts/Winged Words. She and her husband of fifty one years, live in Quincy, Illinois.view less