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From “The Country Without a Post Office”, by Agha Shahid Ali

November 3, 2012

Again I’ve returned to this country where a minaret has been entombed. Someone soaks the wicks of clay lamps in mustard oil, each night climbs its steps to read messages scratched on planets. His fingerprints cancel blank stamps in that… Continue reading →

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From Farewell, by Agha Shahid Ali

April 6, 2012

My memory is again in the way of your history. Army convoys all night like desert caravans: In the smoking oil of dimmed headlights, time dissolved — all winter — its crushed fennel. We can’t ask them: Are you done… Continue reading →

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Dear Shahid, by Agha Shahid Ali

February 11, 2012

Dear Shahid, I am writing to you from your far-off country. Far even from us who live here. Where you no longer are. Everyone carries his address in his pocket so that at least his body will reach home. Rumours… Continue reading →

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