Return is a selection of poems from 1978 to 2005 by Ala Khaki, an Iranian poet and writer, now living in New England. It is a mirror of emotions, shared universally by many in Diaspora, reflecting in verse anxieties, hopes, disappointments, the desire to set roots in the adopted land while longing for the day that dawning of freedom makes a return to the land of birth possible, and above all, an uncompromising love for humanity.