Dream of Glass Bangles , The Milli Gazette, Vol. 3 No. 3

32 pages, Twice a month. Subscribe Now. (RNI DELENG/2000/930; ISSN 0972-3366)	Since Jan 2000
Cartoons . Special Reports . National . Issues . Community News . Letters to the Editor . Matrimonials . Latest Indian Muslim Statements . Book Store ++

» Lastest Indian Muslim
Statements &
Press Releases

__________________

If you haven't seen the print edition,
you've
missed it ALL
send me the print edition
__________________

Dream of Glass Bangles

Those autumns my parents slept
warm in a quilt studded
with pieces of mirrors
On my mother's arms were bangles
like waves of frozen rivers
and at night
after the prayers
as she went down to her room
I heard the faint sound of ice
breaking on the staircase
breaking years later
into winter
our house surrounded by men
pulling icicles for torches
off the roofs
rubbing them on the walls
till the cement's darkening red
set the tips of water on fire
the air a quicksand of snow
as my father stepped out
and my mother
inside the burning house
a widow smashing the rivers
on her arms
back to top
In the Mountains
Agha Shahid Ali (1987)q

Tribute: Agha Shahid Ali
Agha Shahid Ali Read
Surprisingly cheerful person Read
The Floating post office Read
Dream of Glass Bangles Read
Don’t Ask Me for That Love Again Read
Kashmir without a post office Read
After the Last Sky Read
Ghazal for Daniel Hall Read
Farewell for Patricia O'Neill Read
SNOWMEN Read

Subscribe Now: MG needs your support

Read books on Indian Muslim Islamic topics only on MG bookstore !

Bookmark The Milli Gazette