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"I Am Not This"
I am not this. Your beauty closes
my eyes, and I am falling into
that. You cut the umbilical with
this love that's been with me since
birth. My mother saw your mountain
reflected in my face, you that lift
coverings, you that bring death. We
agreed on this before creation. I've
been so hidden. Ask my body who I
am. It says "solid ground." Ask my
soul. "Dizzy as the wind." Neither,
I stand here facing Shams of Tabriz.
Ghazal (Ode) 1688, from the Divan-e Shams
-- Version by Coleman Barks, with Nevit Ergin
"The Glance"
Viking-Penguin, 1999
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Zikr Allah - All welcome!
Chanting, singing, poetry, sohbet, sweets.
September 30, 7:30 pm
1000 Urlin Ave., Apt 1809
Grandview Heights OH 43212
Contact Hilal at 614-446-3337 or hilal1001@sbcglobal.net for information
