~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spring, and no one can be still,
with all the messages coming through.
We walk outside as though going to meet visitors,
wild roses, trilliums by the water.
A tight knot loosens.
Something which died in December
lifts a head out,
and opens.
Trees, the tribe gathers!
Who has a chance
against such an elegant assemblage?
Before this power,
human beings are chives to be chopped,
gnats to be waved away.
-- Version by Coleman Barks
"These Branching Moments,"
Copper Beech Press, 1988
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Join the Columbus Sufi Circle
as we practice remembrance of God,
lift a head out,
and open
Zikr Allah, poetry,
followed by sohbet, sweets.
Saturday, March 17, 7:30 pm
Zawiyya al Mu'min
1000 Urlin Avenue, # 1507
Columbus, Ohio 43212
Contact Hilal at hilal1001@sbcglobal.net or 614-446-3337 for more information
