(4 February 1949 – 8 December 2001 / New Delhi / India)

poet Agha Shahid Ali

Poems of Agha Shahid Ali

1. A History of Paisley: 6/16/2012
2. Even the Rain 1/20/2003
3. Ghazal 6/16/2012
4. I See Chile in My Rearview Mirror 1/20/2003
5. K. L. Saigal 6/16/2012
6. Land 6/16/2012
7. Learning Urdu 6/16/2012
8. Of Light 6/16/2012
9. Prayer Rug 6/16/2012
10. Shaving 6/16/2012
11. Snowmen 6/16/2012
12. Stationery 6/16/2012
13. Storm 6/16/2012
14. Taxidermist 6/16/2012
15. The Wolf's Postcript to 'Little Red Riding Hood' 1/20/2003
16. Tonight 6/16/2012

Land

[For Christopher Merrill]

Swear by the olive in the God-kissed land—
There is no sugar in the promised land.

Why must the bars turn neon now when, Love,
I’m already drunk in your capitalist land?

If home is found on both sides of the globe,

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