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Ahsan Yousaf

Ahsan Yousaf

The Hanging

To eke out a shred of humanity for my father, innocuous only by his absence now, I had to lower myself into such deep depths of my…

Jan 12, 2022

The Hanging

Jan 12, 2022

Ahsan Yousaf

Phantom Vibrations

Like mothers still responsive to to the phantom vibrations of a now infertile womb, to the uterine kicks of a stillbirth, and the smiling…

Nov 15, 2020

Phantom Vibrations

Nov 15, 2020

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Before you Metaphor-ize

Poetry Sunday

Oct 11, 2020

Before you Metaphor-ize

Oct 11, 2020

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P.S. I Love You

Poseidon’s Stoneheart

Poetry Sunday

Sep 20, 2020

Poseidon’s Stoneheart

Sep 20, 2020

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P.S. I Love You

Kid, You Gotta be Careful

There are men who see ocean waves as serrated knives ebbing to slit throats. And there are those who see potholes pattering with…

Sep 6, 2020

Kid, You Gotta be Careful

Sep 6, 2020

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Gods of Silicon Valley

Poetry Sunday

Jul 5, 2020

Gods of Silicon Valley

Jul 5, 2020

Ahsan Yousaf

Just God

People who are suspicious of divine miracles have their reasons. To believe in their existence would make God an interventionist, and…

May 13, 2020

Just God

May 13, 2020

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P.S. I Love You

Some Cities Are Like Men

Poetry Sunday

May 10, 2020

Some Cities Are Like Men

May 10, 2020

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P.S. I Love You

Trojan Love

On a sickened sunless day when my heart had shut down earlier than usual — an autistic light crystallized on its entryways, I heard a…

Apr 5, 2020

Trojan Love

Apr 5, 2020

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P.S. I Love You

The Kraken and the Spitting Sea

Poetry Sunday

Mar 29, 2020

The Kraken and the Spitting Sea

Mar 29, 2020

Ahsan Yousaf

Ahsan Yousaf

A writer who holds a firm conviction that everyone has a wealth of emotional reserve that’s begging to be mined and inked.

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