{"product_id":"veiled-suite-the-collected-poems-9780393068047","title":"Veiled Suite: The Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eAgha Shahid Ali died in 2001, mourned by myriad lovers of poetry and devoted students. This volume, his shining legacy, moves from playful early poems to themes of mourning and loss, culminating in the ghazals of \u003cem\u003eCall Me Ishmael Tonight\u003c\/em\u003e. The title poem appears in print for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003efrom \"The Veiled Suite\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eI wait for him to look straight into my eyes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is our only chance for magnificence.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf he, carefully, upon this hour of ice, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ewill let us almost completely crystallize, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003etell me, who but I could chill his dreaming night.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhere he turns, what will not appear but my eyes?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWherever he looks, the sky is only eyes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhatever news he has, it is of the sea.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAli, Agha Shahid:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAgha Shahid Ali\u003c\/strong\u003e (1949-2001) taught at the University of Utah, at the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, and at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556170993938,"sku":"9780393068047","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1a737bca-e589-4826-bc3e-cfa7a6589832.jpg?v=1731749066","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/veiled-suite-the-collected-poems-9780393068047","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}