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…
Poems
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…
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…
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…
My God, Little Flakes
My God, little flakes falling from everything hang in the air forever, then planets form around them, and around them moons. T…
Orpheus Wore That Look
Orpheus wore that look of astonishment for the rest of his life How could he have been so thoughtless as to turn around? And…
A Little Mouse in a Hole
A little mouse in a hole in the house sings to the moon with the sweetest of squeaks Crows can only caw but caw…