Yo-yo

About this book

Yo-yo.. not just a passing name, but the cipher of a life swinging in the void, exactly like that toy's thread which never settles on one state. In this collection, the young poet Yahya Abbas opens the vaults of his soul flung open to the wind, to tell the story of a generation taking its first steps into its twenties, while the traces of childhood still cling to its fingertips. The words here are written not in ink, but in "carbon dioxide of melancholy" at times, and in tears of loss and betrayal at others. The poet takes us on a mysterious journey between the alleys of 10th of Ramadan City and the corridors of Al-Azhar University, crafting from "the logarithms of life" texts dripping with honesty. He is "the limping one" who defies stumbles, and "the child" who knows no lying in feelings even if it costs him his voice held captive. Between the book's pages, you will find a bitter struggle between the "black comedy" we live daily and the "ambushes" circumstances set for us. It is an invitation to share the poet's breakdowns, his small victories, and a silence that exploded into poetry.