“Making the House Ready for the Lord” by Mary Oliver
“Making the House Ready for the Lord” Dear Lord, I have swept and I have washed but still nothing is as shining as it should…
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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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15 Mystical Kiss Poems
“He Kissed Me Once” by Bahar Saied He kissed me once and stole my lips and robbed me from sleep I am scared if he…
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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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“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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“A Root in Each Act and Creature” by Hafiz
The sun’s eyes are painting fields again. Its lashes with expert strokes Are sweeping across the land. A great palette of light has embraced This…
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“Against My Own Hand” by Hafiz
You are A shy divine deer That I cannot cease tracking. Though only once of late Did I get so close To see My own face…
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