Between A and Z
"Between A and Z"is a collection of poems that begins in Tehran, Iran, and ends in San Antonio, Texas, with plenty of stops along the way to observe people, places and nature, and to gather stories....
View ArticleCarousing with Gazelles
<I>Carousing with Gazelles</I> presents accurate and unbowdlerized translations of some of Abu Nuwas's most celebrated poems-which have mostly remained untranslated into English due to the...
View ArticleYou and Yours
A beloved, best-selling American poet with an international reputation celebrates the sacred in all things.
View ArticleOpen Closed Open: Poems
<p>In poems marked by tenderness and mischief, humanity and humor, Yehuda Amichai breaks open the grand diction of revered Jewish verses and casts the light of his own experience upon them. Here...
View ArticleFifty Poems of Attar
The great 13th century Sufi poet Farid al-Din Attar is renowned as an author of superb short lyrics written in the Persian language. Dealing with themes of love, passion and mysticism, the versions...
View ArticleThe Fields Abound
<I>The Fields Abound</I> is a volume of Eastern-style poetry containing 300 poems that seek to understand life as a journey in search of enlightenment. This approach entails combining...
View ArticleThe Hours of Youth
In <i>The Hours of Youth</i>, the author tires to capture an Eastern flavor of romantic intimacy with the use of rich lyricism. This can be appreciated in the rhythm and powerful imagery...
View ArticleNothing More to Lose
<i>Nothing More to Lose</i> is the first collection of poems by Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish to appear in English. Hailed across the Arab world and beyond, Darwish's poetry walks the...
View ArticleThe collected poems
Poetry from the celebrated Diwan (poetry collection) by the eleventh-century blind Syrian poet and philosopher, both Islamic and Sufi influenced, where the religious and the erotic go hand in hand.
View ArticleChanging Shores
One woman's emotional and cultural journey is luxuriously illustrated in this moving collection, as she artfully recounts leaving Lebanon for a new life in Canada. In a voice that blends prose with...
View ArticleThe Fortieth Day
An exciting younger poet explores the rhetoric of prayer and the dizzying possibilities of meditative ecstasy.
View ArticleComing Forth by Day
<p><I>Coming Forth by Day</I> breaks new ground in its formal experimentation as well as in its exploration of remote corners of the Mediterranean. The long title poem is written from...
View ArticleRethinking Khayyaamism: His Controversial Poems and Vision
<span><span>This book contains poetry attributed to Omar Khayyaam (1048-1131), a popular Iranian poet whose philosophies provoke strong reactions from those who agree or disagree with his...
View ArticleWhy Did You Leave the Horse Alone?
At once an intimate autobiography and a collective memory of the Palestinian people, Darwish's intertwined poems are collective cries, songs, and glimpses of the human condition. Why Did You Leave the...
View ArticleRumi - Past and Present, East and West: The Life, Teachings, and Poetry of...
Painstakingly researched by a leading expert, this new anniversary edition of the award-winning biography examines the background, the legacy, and the continuing significance of Jalâl al-Din Rumi, 800...
View ArticleKahlil Gibran: Man and Poet
Kahlil Gibran's bestselling poetic masterpiece, The Prophet, originally published in 1923, continues to inspire millions worldwide with its timeless words of love and mystical longing. Yet Gibran's...
View ArticleRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to Omar...
View ArticleSelected Poems of Rumi
Over 100 of Rumi's most passionate lyrics include "The Children of Light,""The Man Who Looked Back on His Way to Hell,""The Pear-Tree of Illusion." Translated by R. A. Nicholson.
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