Tag Archives: Sufi Poetry

Poem: When I Pray

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

When I pray the whole world becomes a pair of huge insect wings behind me, and I am a standing green insect with metallic thorax, inhaling distant zephyrs of intoxicating gas only a rare breed of insect can survive, and … Continue reading →

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POEM: Robinson Crusoe Dips His Foot

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

Robinson Crusoe dips his foot in the river checking for piranhas watches the grasses of the glade checking for vipers squats in the tallest tree branches checking for cougars barely relaxes at twilight or dawn cocking his ears at every … Continue reading →

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Poem: Enter Me Into the Great Adventure

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

ENTER ME INTO THE GREAT ADVENTURE 1 Enter me into the great adventure Don’t let the Tygers of Wrath pounce at the inception but lurk at the sidelines behind banana leaves the size of continents waving in a wind as … Continue reading →

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Mawlid Poem: When the Prophet Came In

Posted on March 3, 2010 by

(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) We were sometimes noble sometimes venal sometimes generous sometimes murderous When the Prophet came in in his usual way and sat down among us His elegant brilliance never ceased to amaze us … Continue reading →

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Poem: Inklings and Glimpses

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

The inklings and glimpses that we get of the vast extravagant panorama The one or two trickles we see of the colossal waterfall in sun’s glare The oncoming rush of Divine Presence we may feel on our cheeks though unseen … Continue reading →

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Video poem: Timetable 1

Posted on June 21, 2009 by

from SPARROW ON THE PROPHET’S TOMB TIMETABLE 1 All the historical pantomimes that spelled out subtitles in fractured rhymes under the movie that unrolled forwards or backwards were resolved in a blink by the spark of the falling swords as … Continue reading →

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Poem: Light of the Shadowless One

Posted on March 9, 2009 by

(Note: This is a poem for the Mawlid, honoring the Prophet Muhammad’s birth. In devotional poetry the honorific, “peace of Allah be upon him,” is assumed. There is another from this Mouloud collection posted on my website: http://www.danielmoorepoetry.com) ________________________________________ LIGHT … Continue reading →

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POEM: SOULS

Posted on February 19, 2009 by

There are so many souls worth saving the face wreathed in roses whose eyes tell tales from before civilization when trees were sturdy giant ferns cut from crystal The grandmother with ten white horses on a steep green hillside whose … Continue reading →

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Poem: Ladders

Posted on January 3, 2008 by

LADDERS for John Heron Some ladders go up some ladders go down It’s true! Of course all ladders intrinsically go both ways both up and down though we prop one up to climb out of somewhere or put one down … Continue reading →

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