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	Agha Shahid Ali

Fast T friend

11-9-2009 4:39 AM

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poetry, agha shahid ali, kashmir

Fast T friend says:

"From tomb to tomb,
I chew the ash of prayers.
Won’t poetry happen to me? "

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11-9-2009 6:25 PM

carrerinyes

11-9-2009 6:41 PM

Antara

beautiful poems.......

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<DIV>the bird will say—Humankind can bear 
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<DIV>everything. No need to stop the ear
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