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  • 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)

  • 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)