“Passion” by Rumi
Translation #1 Passion burns down every branch of exhaustion; Passion is the Supreme Elixir and renews all things; So don’t sigh heavily, your brow bleak…
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“I’ve Had Enough” by Rumi
Come my Beloved, come don’t turn away from me, come my deceitful Moon! Look at this forlorn and thirsty lover come my drunken Sweetheart! You…
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“Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou
Still I Rise You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still,…
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“Love’s Apocalypse, Love’s Glory” by Rumi
Love’s Apocalypse, Love’s Glory One breath from the breath of the Lover Would be enough to burn away the world, To scatter this insignificant universe…
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“Spring” by Mary Oliver
Spring Somewhere a black bear has just risen from sleep and is staring down the mountain. All night in the brisk and shallow restlessness of…
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“The Tyger” by William Blake
The Tyger Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant…
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Kahlil Gibran on Friendship
Kahlil Gibran on Friendship And a youth said, Speak to us of Friendship, And he answered, saying: Your friend is your needs answered. He is…
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“The Swing” by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Swing How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest…
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“Dark Night of the Soul” by St. John of the Cross
“Dark Night of the Soul” – Translation by Mirabai Starr On a dark night, Inflamed by love-longing– O exquisite risk!– Undetected I slipped away. My…
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“Advent Poem” By St. John of the Cross
If you want, the Virgin will come walking down the road pregnant with the Holy and say, “I need shelter for the night. Please take…
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