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"... brevity is the soul of wit ..."
- William Shakespeare

Bio


Aftab Yusuf Shaikh is a young Indian poet whose ancestry is half Aryan and half Arab. Writing for more than a decade now, his works have been featured in publications like Muse India, Frogpond, Kritya Poetry Journal, The Istanbul Literary Review, etc. His poems have appeared or are soon appearing in anthologies like Before We Have Nowhere To Stand (Lost Horse Press, 2012), Overplay/Underdone (Medusa's Laugh Press, 2013) and Malala (FutureCycle Press, 2013). He lives in Mumbai writing poetry on varied topics like religion, social issues, philosophy, etc. while teaches Islamic Studies at a high school during the day. He is pursuing his Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Psychology from the University of Mumbai.


Aftab Yusuf Shaikh


 

Wife

Some days or years from now
Some place some land some home
Some girl be born with some name,
Who will give birth to my song
And then again be no one.