“One Day In Your Wineshop” by Rumi
One day in your wineshop, I drank a little wine, And threw off this robe of my body, And knew, drunk on you, the world…
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Kahlil Gibran on Pain
“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding” And a woman spoke, saying, Tell us of Pain. And he said: Your…
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“Trees” by Joyce Kilmer
Trees I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet…
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“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ…” by Omar Khayyam
The Moving Finger Writes 51The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel…
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“Self Pity” by D. H. Lawrence
Self Pity I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt…
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“Your Glorious Call to Prayer” by Kabir
Mullah, let rip Your glorious call to prayer. You are yourself a mosque With ten doors. Make your mind your Mecca, Make your Kaaba your…
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