Agha Shahid Ali

@AghaShaahidAli

To open the archives through the memories and hearsay of Late Agha Shahid Ali, an American, Kashmiri poet. Write to me

Amherst, Massachusetts
Joined August 2012
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    Apr 13

    "The weight of the hills is lighter, and the streets are lighter at dusk. And the earth is lighter as it bids its earth farewell. And the words are lighter, the stories lighter on the staircase of the night. But my heart is heavy."

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    Apr 10

    2days poem moment was 's obits reminding me about my beloved xerox of 's 'From Amherst to Kashmir' . seeing difference and resonance among these geographies of fantasy, translation, blood

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    Feb 18

    ''shahid, hush. this is me, james. the loved one / always leaves.'' Agha Shahid Ali’s “I Dream I Am at the Ghat of the Only World'' stays with you when sleep is hard to come by.

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    Mar 21

    Thus I swear, here and now, not to forgive the universe that would let me get used to a universe without you -Agha Shahid Ali (Lennox Hill)

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    Mar 21

    world poetry day means it’s time for me to reveal my cache of poets i love snowmen // agha shahid ali

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    Mar 15

    But the world did go on, unashamed, after you  Agha Shahid Ali © Aleksandra Kirievskaya

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    Mar 24

    Now that he's found me, my body casts his shadow everywhere. He'll never, never, move out of here. - Agha Shahid Ali, 'The Previous Occupant' (from *The Half-Inch Himalayas", 1987)

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    Mar 21

    “Words have become weightless And stories have become weightless On the staircase of night My heart alone is heavy “

    In the exodus...I love you more
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  9. Mar 21

    The universe opens its ledger. I write:... Each page is turned to enter grief's accounts... I enter this: The Beloved leaves one behind to die. ...My mother is my poem.

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  10. Mar 15

    My struggle began with a soft wave, Which offered love on the shore's terms. I held myself together, A still breath.

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  11. Mar 15

    I want from love only the beginning a little land will be enough for peace.

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    Feb 16

    Beautiful! Just beautiful! Take your heart and give it to the genius of . 😊

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  13. Feb 4

    In the exodus...I love you more

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    Feb 4

    All of Shahid’s poetry resonates with nostalgia, longing, memory, and at times, the loss of memory of his home itself.

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  15. Feb 4

    We shall meet again ..alone in words. Happy Birthday Shahid.

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  16. Feb 4

    Now again, summer: a summer of the last Yes: we are in the verandah, listening: on Radio Kashmir, a song: 'What can one surrender but the heart? I yield my remaining years to you.'

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  17. Feb 4

    "If I could bribe them by a Rose I'd bring them every flower that grows From Amherst to Cashmere!"

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  18. Feb 2

    Dear Heart, this once! See the famished sighs. I'll lock into braids. Don't forget this sight when by desolate chance from your breath Beloved! this evening faded. (for William Wordsworth)

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  19. Feb 2

    I never swear, but ........notice the thinness of breaths about to break.

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  20. Feb 2

    Once. "The earth cried out as I bend my forehead to the ground: You've crushed me forever with the weight of your faith." ..So there is Revolution each day in the heart.. That must be Faiz?

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