Tag: rumi
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“This Ring”
(my own photo of the moon in a blushing morning sky in Massachusetts) This was my first poem I’d written and published online in 2022: The first of form poems I tried to write this year is a ghazal, and it’s fit well with that form having originated in the Middle East during the medieval […]
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“The Law”
November 21, 2022 A new poem in a style of summary or hypothetical; you may notice the style (somewhat inspired by the allegorical humor of artist and poet Kahlil Gibran). This poem was inspired but the subject of “law” and is about a real incident in the recent past recalled of leaving a book of […]
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Bringing Calm with Arranging Books with Honeybear…A Milk and Honey Moisturizer
November 2, 2022 My books were greatly out of order, book 2 showing before book 1 of a series, poetry, non-fiction, novel in a row…But I found that a little fun. I wanted to bring some calm and beauty and simplicity to the bookcase and my mind this afternoon…I also spaced the books a little […]
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The Unseen Poems by Rumi
Last night I was reading from the poetry book The Unseen Poems by Rumi, the fourth collection of poetry that I have of his…Each from different translators. This is the one for those who enjoy a traditional setting, well-paced rhythm with some words that stand out, variations on the ghazal form of poetry, ones that […]
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A Birthday Eve with a Poem and a Cloud of Blushing Wine
…& with a little note for the morning 🙂 by this birthday boy, 815 years bright. My face is a hundred times brighter when I see your face —by Rumi (translated by Maryam Mortaz and Brad Gooch) *Update: Read my review. See the Unseen Poems too :)*
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Notice: & with a favorite poem, or three
(morningtime feat. photo, my cat Peeko 🐱 who helps me at times to complete one thing at a time—here, he’s a teatime supervisor ☕️ (he’s just had his breakfast and his daily brushing), a poetry book 📙, and a music box 🎶; you’ll see.) Last night, around midnight Something feels wrong now without a subject, […]
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Lines of a Memorable Poem…and a Forgotten Sketch Found
More to come on this wonderful collection of Rumi’s poetry that I am satisfied reading without needing to complete it…Here is a photo of some memorable lines: —Rumi The Book of Love: poems of ecstasy and longing … I also found this pencil sketch I drew in a book of mine from March 20, 2022–it […]
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‘Please Forgive Me’—Rumi
I found the book I must’ve opened some months ago that wasn’t at the store last week; it wasn’t there but I see it in my above photo, so I know what to look for…I think it was Rumi: The Book of Love. 🙏💕📖 —Jade …from another book, a poem by Rumi …The miracle-signs: you […]
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Indelible Magazine Poetry Launch—Reading My Poem, ‘Droplets Slide Down the Pine and Land Upon the Grass Within a Slow Dance’
Updated to include end of post section, “Who’s May Ziadeh? ”* It’s here! Link: https://youtu.be/Cr-CsXJWum0 🎥🎤📜 I am on just around the 28:50 mark.😊After my line in the poem, ”Do you hear me?” I hear a reply. 😀😅💕 Afterwards, you may also see me give a pretty long answer to a surprise question that I […]
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An Amazing Art Reading from Some Weeks Ago
This video was recently posted, an art event and poetry reading I’d attended some time ago—I wasn’t reading my own work at this meeting or making any audible comments, but the camera will show my appreciation for the art, poems, and background stories shared. (If you notice, no it’s not a camera trick; I did […]
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Rumi’s Moon
12/8/21 Post featured from the Archive: Rumi continues with more poetry…to linger upon a paper book, this beautifully pure poem photoed with sudden blush…Start the day with this simplicity; pick it like a dream to be within while very much living. Aug. 12, 21 pm I didn’t plan this matching with the altar, my clothing, […]
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A Very Small Adventure of a Different Type
The neighbor’s apartment construction sounds suddenly getting loud today in my apartment as I’d sat down to read had me spontaneously remember that I could come to this place in the office building at my apartment complex anytime but hadn’t thought to until now. I am just a fairy peasant…harlot breaking into a palace to […]