yesterday i was the moon

yesterday i was the moon is a poetry collection by Noor Unnahar, a Pakistani poet and visual artist whose intimate work explores the phases of collapsing and rebuilding oneself on the path from teenager to adult. The poems move through love and emotional loss, the catharsis of creating art, and the long struggle to find one's own voice.

Tender, fragmented, and unapologetically honest, Unnahar's verse is paired with her own black-and-white photographs, giving the book the feel of a photo diary. The title poem sets its tone — "yesterday I was the moon, today just an eclipse" — mapping the constant travel between darkness and light.