Aurora Borealis
Would the Innuit live to wear his new coat of seal fur? Would the moose live to swagger a bit with that rack of…
Poems
They Try to Approach
They try to approach with explosives but the Throne of Allah stays implacably still radiating its concern The silence of the s…
Ar-Rahman
There’s a moment so tiny it slips between the raindrops and clock-ticks as if it were a strand of silk hanging down or the…
Not a Moment Can Be Lost
Not a moment can be lost in our meticulous attention to God His shadow cast against the corrugated glass before us The ripple …
At Some Point
لاَّ تُدْرِكُهُ الأَبْصَارُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الأَبْصَارَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ Vision perceives Him not, but He perceive…
The Delirious Archer
This is the story of the delirious archer who could shoot in a state no one would say was sober yet he hit the…
First Night of Ramadan
A single stone is thrown in and the canyon resounds with the hallelujahs of angels A single breath contains the known and unkn…
You’ll Sing a Song
You’ll sing a song from somewhere out of your depths and light will hit it and it’ll be a diamond brooch worn at the…
An Orange Sunset Sits on a Blue Horizon
Laughing Buddha sits down with Weeping Sufi and they sing a song together that sets …
As We Enter the 3rd Millennium
As we enter the 3rd millennium roots reach down like gnarled hands boats rise up on waves like ballerinas buildings bloom like…
White Eagle in a Pit
There’s a lot to be said for growing up. I don’t remember noticing it much until pubic hair. Then the body takes off in…
Some Leaves Fall
for Mohja Kahf Some leaves fall spiraling down. Some leaves fall lopsidedly zigzagedly down. Some seem to fall like plummets s…