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Mecca/Medina Time-Warp
Poems written on ‘Umra (the lesser visit) to
Mecca and Medina in 1996. As Shaykh ibn ‘Arabi says,
“I understood that the circuit round the Temple is like
the prayer over a corpse." Written in 1995-1996 (published
as Zilzal Press Chapbook, 1996).
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Miracle Songs for the
Millennium
“The setting in order of strewn beats is the
same as the setting in order of scattered words, which is
poetry; its coming into being is the net of the hunter. Only
that which has life (spirit) is caught in the net, and speech
and poetry have no life except they are of God.” (Shaykh
Ibn 'Arabi from The Sufis of Andalusia). Written in 1996
(Unpublished).
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The Blind Beekeeper
The working title of this book of poems was Free
of All Adversity, from a quote by German mystic, Jacob
Boehme: “He to whom time is the same as eternity, and
eternity the same as time, is free of all adversity.”
Written in 1996 (Co-published by Jusoor and Syracuse University
Press, 2002). Available for sale at www.amazon.com,
from the Publisher and your local bookstore.
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Chants for the
Beauty Feast
“God has given you one face, and you make yourselves
another,” found in a Chinese fortune cookie, the line,
however, stolen from Shakespeare. Written in 1997 (unpublished).
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Open Doors
“If you topple from a great height / fall up.
/ If you sing in the night / make roses bloom.” Written
in 1997-98 (unpublished).
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