RUMI DAYS
Daily readings of the 13th Century Persian poet as translated by Coleman Barks
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Farther and Farther from Zero
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Winged Figure, Abbott Handerson Thayer Suddenly, I fall from the pavillion into a place where I see the ugliness, hypocrisy, rouge on a sun...
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
The Price of Kissing
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The Kiss, Gustav Klimt I would love to kiss you. The price of kissing is your life. Now my loving is running toward my life shouting, What...
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Friday, January 21, 2011
A Night Full of Talking
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Landscape, by Fred Williams Lysterfield A night full of talking that hurts, my worst held-back secrets. Everything has to do with loving an...
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
The Sunrise Ruby
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In the early morning hour, just before dawn, lover and beloved awake and take a drink of water. She asks, Do you love me or yourself more?...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Hallaj
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Into the Woods, Summer, by Howard Hodgkin Metropolitan Museum of Art Hallaj said what he said and went to the origin through the hole in ...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The Old Woman and the Falcon
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Textile sample, designer unknown, Metropolitan Museum of Art When you give a noble falcon to a fussy old woman who knows nothing of falcon...
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Love Moves Away
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Pale sunlight, pale the wall. Love moves away. The light changes. I need more grace than I thought.
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