The Burning Bush : Poetic Reflections on Loneliness, Madness, and Spiritual Ecstasy

Where Flames Dance with Fragility: A Soul's Journey Through Sacred Scars
In this existential poetry collection that pulses with raw vulnerability and divine fire, Ali Ashraf crafts a modern mystic masterpiece for seekers of truth in darkness. The Burning Bush is not merely a book-it's an immersive experience of spiritual poetry that intertwines searing verse with intimate prose reflections, guiding readers through the labyrinth of human emotion where loneliness, madness, and ecstasy collide like stars in a midnight sky.
Each poem is a sacred wound laid bare-from the shattering ache of unrequited love to the delirious heights of spiritual awakening. Like Rumi meets Nietzsche in the 21st century, these verses oscillate between devotional yearning and brutal existentialism, offering no easy answers but instead-like the burning bush itself-a presence that illuminates without consuming. The companion prose reflections serve as whispered meditations on each poem's themes, transforming the reading into a contemplative ritual.
Why This Poetry Collection Will Captivate Your Soul:- For the Broken & Beautiful: Poems about madness like "GOD IS DEAD" and sacrificial love poetry like "pull the trigger" give voice to the unspeakable edges of human experience.- For Spiritual Wanderers: The mystic poetry prose passages reframe pain as a portal-echoing the existential poetry of Kahlil Gibran with a razor's modern edge.- For Lovers of Lyrical Darkness: Visceral imagery-"pearls fall from my eyes," "life-consuming blackhole"-burns into memory like tattoo ink on the psyche.
Perfect for devotees of:- The raw feminine power of Rupi Kaur- The queer spiritual grit of Ocean Vuong- The philosophical pyre of Nietzsche
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From Inside the Book:
burning angels
have you ever seen
a burning rose?
have you ever seen
perfect flaws?
have you ever walked
in the sky?have you ever seen
a fish fly?
have you ever kissed
a heart in pain?have you ever lost
without a gain?
fall in love
and you will see
angels burning
and demons free
Love makes everything topsy-turvy. Sometimes it breaks your back, and other times it gives you wings to fly. Love is the most ecstatic and most haunting feeling at once. It is indeed one of God's secrets and a path that leads to God if you purify your heart.

Ali Ashraf (Suhrawardi) is a poet and writer from Pakistan. He mainly writes about grief, love, and spirituality. He is the author of four English poetry collections. His debut poetry collection was 'The Divine Tavern', his second poetry collection was 'The Rosary of Love', and his two recent poetry collections are 'Invocations: Islamic Sufi Poetry Collection' and 'Sad But Not Depressed: Sad Love Poetry Collection'.
Ali has also recently published his debut Urdu poetry collection with its English translation called 'JAZB: Urdu Poetry with English Translation'.
Ali has a master's degree in English, and he currently resides in Lahore, Pakistan. He is deeply interested in Sufism and is a member of the Suhrawardi Sufi order.
Ali shares his recent poetry and updates on Instagram @aliashraf_poetry and @aliashraf_urdupoetry