“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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“When Death Comes” by Mary Oliver
When Death Comes When death comes like the hungry bear in autumn; when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse to…
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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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Kahlil Gibran on Death
Kahlil Gibran on Death – From “The Prophet” Then Almitra spoke, saying, We would ask now of Death. And he said: You would know the…
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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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“The Cure” by Albert Huffstickler
We think we get over things. We don’t get over things. Or say, we get over the measles but not a broken heart. We need…
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“In Blackwater Woods” by Mary Oliver
Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, are giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfillment, the long tapers…
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“Epitaph” by Merrit Malloy
Epitaph When I die Give what’s left of me away To children And old men that wait to die. And if you need to cry,…
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“Praise” by Mary Oliver
Knee-deep in the ferns springing up at the edge of the whistling swamp I watch the owl with its satisfied, heart-shaped face as it flies over the water– back and…
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Rumi on Death: 22 Quotes on the Meaning of Death and Rebirth
Rumi, the thirteenth-century poet, was a master of death. As one of the world’s greatest mystics, he had the supreme experience of “dying before he…
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