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A Lover of Life
Jan. 28th, 2006 07:35 pm14 Dec 2004
Like This - Rumi, tr. Coleman Barks - Maypop 1990
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(This was written over a year ago, but I have delayed its publication because it includes a poem about death. I think that enough time has passed now, but if anyone is upset by it, then I apologise.)
Those who know me will be rather surprised to see a book of poetry on my reading list, just as they would by the rather twee picture of three whirling dervishes that I have facing me as I type this. They are a result of a holiday in Turkey where I visited Rumi's tomb in the Mevlana Tikkesi in Konya. Rumi was the founder of the Mevlevi order of Sufism, a mystical version of Islam notable for its openness and tolerance and which uniquely features song and dance in its rituals. I was interested to find out more about it and its founder.
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Like This - Rumi, tr. Coleman Barks - Maypop 1990
* * * *
(This was written over a year ago, but I have delayed its publication because it includes a poem about death. I think that enough time has passed now, but if anyone is upset by it, then I apologise.)
Those who know me will be rather surprised to see a book of poetry on my reading list, just as they would by the rather twee picture of three whirling dervishes that I have facing me as I type this. They are a result of a holiday in Turkey where I visited Rumi's tomb in the Mevlana Tikkesi in Konya. Rumi was the founder of the Mevlevi order of Sufism, a mystical version of Islam notable for its openness and tolerance and which uniquely features song and dance in its rituals. I was interested to find out more about it and its founder.
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