 | Say Nothing: Poems of Jalal al-Din Rumi in Persian and English (English and Farsi Edition)
Publication Date: September 1, 2008Translations of Rumi’s poetry have been enthusiastically received by the English-speaking world. He speaks directly to the heart, allowing readers to feel that they know him intimately. And yet, the full flavor of his lightness and humor, his wordplay, and his Islamic references has often gone untranslated. Rumi’s poetry is direct and immediate, but it’s also measured, subtle, and nuanced in a way that earlier translations have seldom conveyed. It was, above all, a spoken poetry. Say Nothing captures the rich and varied tones of a matur...
 |  | The Glance: Songs of Soul-Meeting (Compass)
Release Date: September 1, 2001| Series: Compass In 1244, the brilliant poet Rumi and the wandering dervish Shams of Tabriz met and immediately fell into a deep spiritual connection. The Glance taps a major, yet little explored theme in Rumi's poetry-the mystical experience that occurs in the meeting of the eyes of the lover and the beloved, parent and child, friend and soul mate. Coleman Barks's new translations of these powerful and complex poems capture Rumi's range from the ethereal to the everyday. They reveal the unique place of human desire, love, and ecstasy, where there exists not j...
|  | In Praise of Krishna: Songs from the Bengali
Publication Date: August 15, 1981| ISBN-10: 0226152316 | ISBN-13: 978-0226152318| Edition: Phoenix ed Arising out of a devotional and enthusiastic religious movement that swept across most of northern and eastern India in the period from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries, the powerful and moving lyrics collected and elegantly translated here depict the love of Radha for the god Krishna—a love whose intensity and range of emotions trace the course of all true love between man and woman and between man and God. Intermingling physical and metaphysical imagery, the spir...
|  | Hearing Voices: Collected Stories & Drawings
Publication Date: April 1, 2008This is the fifth book of the series that began with "Mostly True Collected Stories & Drawings". Brian has continued the journey, weaving humor and poignance in his stories and drawings including 'No Regret' ("I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my children & I think to myself, this is one thing I'll never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long"). ...
|  | The Green Sea of Heaven: Fifty Ghazals from the Diwan of Hafiz (Library of Persian: Text and Contexts in Persian Religions and Spirituality)
Publication Date: February 1, 1995| Series: Library of Persian : Text and Contexts in Persian Religions and Spirituality Hafiz is the preeminent poet of Persian Sufism and one of the great poets of world literature. The Green Sea of Heaven is regarded as the finest English translation of his poetry. Elizabeth Gray’s translations are informed by her thorough knowledge of Persian and the Persian poetic tradition. (Many recent books attributed to Hafiz have been produced by persons who do not know Persian at all!) This bilingual edition also includes two brilliant studies of Hafiz by Gra...
|  | A Passion for Seeing: On Being an Image Maker (Codhill Press)
Publication Date: July 2003| ISBN-10: 193033706X | ISBN-13: 978-1930337060| Edition: 1 An anthology of the artist's writing and drawing over the last fifty years.Nearly fifty line drawings. ...
|  | A Heartsongs Treasury - 3 Copy Slipcase
Publication Date: October 1, 2002Poetry that will make you laugh and cry and ultimately look at life a little differently. Read this series of books and learn to listen to your own heartsong. ...
|  | Forever
Publication Date: September 1999Throughout our lives, we are sent precious souls meant to share our journey. Nowever brief or lasting their stay, they touch our hearts and we are given new insight into thecapacity of the human spirit. They remind us why we are here and what matters most in this lifetime. Their very presence in our lives teaches us that love is a gift which belies the passage of time. Forever is an exquisite celebration of those people who have left tender and enduring footprints on our hearts. The lingering gift of their spirit encourages us to believe, to become more, and t...
|  | The Divine Comedy
Publication Date: May 23, 2011A classic English translation - archaic in tone but never obscure - of Dante's famous poem by the pre-eminent poet of nineteenth century America, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. ...
|  | In the Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems
Publication Date: April 1, 2005A new, broad, comprehensive view of the innovative poetry of the late, great Trappist monk and religious philosopher Thomas Merton.Poet, Trappist monk, religious philosopher, translator, social critic—the late Thomas Merton was all these things. Until now, no selection from his great body of poetry has afforded a comprehensive view of his varied and largely innovative work. In the Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems of Thomas Merton is not only double the size of Merton's earlier Selected Poems (1967), it also arranges his poetry thematically and chronolo...
|  | Call Me By My True Names: The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh
Publication Date: 1999This definitive collection includes more than 100 poems composed over the last forty years. Thich Nhat Hanh's clarity shines forth in Call Me by My True Names, transforming the pain and difficulty of war and exile into a celebration of awareness and the human spirit. ...
|  | Among the Believers
Publication Date: April 2000Ron Rash's second book of poetry is based on the historical realities of the mountains of western North Carolina, where Mr. Rash's ancestry goes back for at least five generations. These skillfully crafted and highly compact poems capture the spirit and feeling, the beauty and cruelty, of a place and time which has now largely faded from the American Landscape. ...
|  | The Touch of the Master's Hand
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|  | I Heard God Laughing: Renderings of Hafiz
Publication Date: January 1996| ISBN-10: 0915828189 | ISBN-13: 978-0915828180| Edition: First Edition "I Heard God Laughing" is by Hafiz, one of Persia's most beloved poets. Hafiz describes the richness and beauty of the world when seen through the eyes of love and portrays all the stages and processes of spiritual unfolding that transform human love into divine love. ...
|  | Love's Ripening: Rumi on the Heart's Journey
Release Date: December 28, 2010Love is the meaning of our existence, the raw material of transformation, the glorious way of access to Divine intimacy. This teaching infuses the lyric verse of Rumi (1207–1273), the greatest of the Sufi poets. The poems in this collection, taken from among the master’s many volumes of work, focus on one of his greatest themes: how love grows and matures for those on the spiritual path. Kabir Helminski and Ahmad Rezwani have crafted a translation that remains faithful to the original Persian while giving eloquent expression to the joy of Rumi’...
|  | Crone's Book of Magical Words
Publication Date: September 8, 2002Crone's Book of Magical Words (previously published as The Crone's Book of Words) by Valerie Worth is the book you've been waiting for! In its pages are over 125 spells, incantations and charms. If you can think of a purpose for a spell, it's probably in this book. Need a spell to summon a ghost? Or perhaps you want the opposite: a spell to free a house from being haunted. They're both in this book. Do you need something to help you lose weight or have longevity? You'll find them here. Or perhaps you want to pass through a locked door. It's all in this book...
|  | Love and Devotion: From Persia and Beyond
Publication Date: December 15, 2012Yusuf and Zulaykha. Khusrau and Shirin. Layla and Majnun. For hundreds of years, Persian poets have captivated audiences with recitations and reinterpretations of timeless tales of earthly and spiritual love. These tales were treasured not only in Iran, but also across the neighboring Mughal and Ottoman Empires.In Love and Devotion, leading specialists in literature, art history, and philosophy reveal new perspectives on these evocative stories and the exquisite illustrated manuscripts that convey them. Particularly in courtly settings, poetry was a key com...
|  | America Zen: A Gathering of Poets (Harmony Series)
Publication Date: September 7, 2004Thirty of America's best Zen Buddhist poets come together in this new anthology of contemporary writing. Each with a photo, biographical sketch, Statement of Zen and Poetry, and at least 5 poems.16 page introduction by Smith and McNiece set it up nicely for a rich gathering including:.Chase Twichell, Nin Andrews, David Budbill, Thomas Rain Crowe, Kathe Davis, Diane di Prima, Stanford Forrester, Tess Gallagher, Margaret Gibson, John Gilgun, Netta Gillespie, Sam Hamill, William Heyen, Jane Hirshfield, Holly Hughes, Mary Sue Koeppel, Mark Kuhar, ...
|  | Working Classics: POEMS ON INDUSTRIAL LIFE
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|  | The Truro Bear and Other Adventures: Poems and Essays
Release Date: April 1, 2010The Truro Bear and Other Adventures, a companion volume to Owls and Other Fantasies and Blue Iris, brings together ten new poems, thirty-five of Oliver's classic poems, and two essays all about mammals, insects, and reptiles. The award-winning poet considers beasts of all kinds: bears, snakes, spiders, porcupines, humpback whales, hermit crabs, and, of course, her beloved but disobedient little dog, Percy. ...
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