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  • THE RESIDENT OF HOUSE 26, OLD QUARTER LANE

    I first wrote the earliest version of this story in 2002, after witnessing real events that unsettled me. A decade later, I self-published it in 2012. Now, over two decades after its first draft, I have updated it — mostly removing things that no longer made sense. For example: 40 felt old back then. It…

    Ayesha Qureshi (Green Poet)

  • Life is a circle

    I wrote this philosophical piece on public transit. I was inspired by the repetition of my commute — the same stations, the same faces, the same rhythm of departure and return. Somewhere in that motion, I began to see life itself moving in circles and hence this happened!! ❤️ There was a thread — nothing…

    Ayesha Qureshi (Green Poet)

  • Velvet Dagger

    When the top layer of the selfblows away like dust,the mask we hold before the worldfalls— and ruin becomes breath. Pain enters as longing does—quiet, insistent, deep,aching along the nervesand echoing through breath. And when the dust settles,the fire that remainsno longer burns outward—it burns within to become. For what breaks is onlywhat can no…

    Ayesha Qureshi (Green Poet)

  • The Sea and the longing for solitude

    I wrote this poem a year ago, sitting on a beach after a night swim. It is inspired by the constraints faced by many South Asian women, bound by societal norms that dictate their roles as nurturers and caretakers. It rebels against the monotony of traditional life, using imagery of algae floating freely and being…

    Ayesha Qureshi (Green Poet)

  • Song by Chatgpt, Nietzsche and Leonard Cohen

    Verse 1:Like Joan of Arc, I hear the callTo rise up and break down the wallsIn the shadows of the night, I walkWhere the light of day is but a distant thought Chorus:I am the master of my fateI am the captain of my soulI will not be held down by hateI will not be…

    Ayesha Qureshi (Green Poet)

  • Teaching Spellings to a six year old using chatgpt and Dall.e

    Today on my train ride to home, I utilized #chatgpt to create a training plan for my son. Here is how it went. Overall a good plan. I had to modify descriptions provided by chatgpt to make the image import from Dall.e comical and I am not sure how I feel about a “Rat called…

    Ayesha Qureshi (Green Poet)

  • Green Poet

    A poem that I wrote, that describes my identity: Listen, I am neither brown nor black or whiteI refuse to be reduced into plain line of sightif I must pick a color to simplify my identitymy history my Humanity my personalitythan I choose to be greena dark deep shade of greenA shade of green, at…

    Ayesha Qureshi (Green Poet)

  • Exploring Open AI Capabilities (ChatGPT & Dall.E) aligning poetry to analysis, analysis to D&I strategy, D&I strategy to Technology, poetry to Children’s story and slogans!

    In June 2021, after a a heinous hate crime in London, Ontario, Canada, I wrote and published this poem on my Facebook page. It demonstrated the sentiment in the community at the time. I used ChatGPT to analyze the poem, create a D&I strategy, Enable D&I strategy using Technology, re-write the poem for more impact,…

    Ayesha Qureshi (Green Poet)