The Love Poems of Rumi

I think Rumi's poetry is unsurpassed in its mysticism and beauty. "In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems." "You dance inside my chest, where no one sees you," "but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art." pg 62 When my husband and I were first dating, we lived in dif......more

From the beginning of my life I have been looking for your face but today I have seen it Today I have seen the charm, the beauty, the unfathomable grace of the face that I was looking for Today I have found you and those who laughed and scorned me yesterday are sorry that they were not looking as I did I am bewi......more

Both light and shadow are the dance of Love. Love has no cause; it is the astrolabe of God’s secrets. Lover and Loving are inseparable and timeless. Although I may try to describe Love when I experience it I am speechless. Although I may try to write about Love I am rendered helpless; my pen breaks and the p......more

One of my favorite poets - love to read different translations of his work - nice introduction to this illuminated master. There is an intimacy to Rumi that I have found in very few poets; an intimacy that is born of suffering and desire, and the understanding that this suffering is both a blessing......more

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