Thursday, July 2, 2026

An Esoteriku by Hifsa Ashraf


funeral day—
holding my grief
the swollen tissue

~

Fueled by a healthy dose of caffeine, Hifsa Ashraf from Rawalpindi, Pakistan, has been writing poetry since her teenage years. She is the author of six individual and four collaborative micropoetry collections. Lately, she enjoys cawing while tracing the contours of shadows.

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