This punning command follows the phrase “God sobs in my arms” in a poem that begins by quoting Laurence Hope’s “Kashmiri Song.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Give this command that appears at the end of Agha Shadid Ali’s poem “Tonight.” This directive also titles a poetic literary monograph that Charles Olson expanded out of his master’s thesis.
ANSWER: “Call me Ishmael” [or “Call me Ishmael tonight”]
[10e] The line “Call me Ishmael tonight” titles a book of these poems in English by Agha Shadid Ali. Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib wrote many of these originally Arabic and Persian love odes.
ANSWER: ghazals [accept Call Me Ishmael Tonight: A Book of Ghazals]
[10h] At poetry readings, Ali often recited a Carolyn Forché poem about this conflict titled “El Colonel.” The author of “Poema de Amor,” Roque Dalton, was assassinated during this conflict.
ANSWER: Salvadoran Civil War [or Guerra civil de El Salvador]
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