short poem about a body breaking under the night sky, and the flowers and stars that surround the scence, a short poem about the cries coming from a grandmother's house, then excerpts or early drafting from his poem "I Dream I am the Only Passenger on Flight 423 to Srinagar"
two parts, a short narrative of running away and losing everything and getting lost forever titled Kidnapper, followed by a short note on the debate of Tolstoy v. Dostoevsky "If I wish to change the world, I will read Tolstoy. But when the world still gives away after every change, I will read Dostoevsky."
work from the same fiction class, he writes the first paragraph in three different forms, first without instructed, then instructed to make it a detective novel, then instructed to create a romance
notes from fiction class Shahid attended to begin work on a novel; describes customs of sexing and gendering a child practiced 400 years ago in Kashmir
FOR YOU For Michael Palmer Did we run out of things or just a name for you? Above us the sun doubles its acclaim for you. Negative sun or negative shade pulled from the ground . and the image brought in one ornate frame for you. At my every word they cry “Who the hell are you?” What would you reply if they thus sent Fame to you? What a noise the sentences make writing themselves—— Here’s every word that we used as a flame for you. I remember your wine in my springtime of sorrow. Now the world...
miscellaneous notes on weather and a meteor shower and image of a river; draft of poem with themes of time dissolving, people escaping, and a guest who is visiting and cooking
