On the Road to God / Ghazal
A MAN ON THE ROAD TO GOD I met a man on the road to God with the intense face of an owl –…
Poems
Infinite Clarity
Five nights have gone by and not one owl of poetry has hooted to me out of his tree Three moths fly in the…
Ghazal: Opalescent Soul
As humans we have so many things to look after – our nails – our hair – our hearts – our transcendent souls –…
A Visit with Mr. Blake
William Blake across from me sits here insisting on whatever it is he insists on and a great red cape opens up to show…
God’s Sunlight
Beauty has a way of sinking into everything we do like a time-lapse photograph of dark flowers blossoming out of everything Wh…
Love’s Pebbles Thrown
One day Love came to town to see if he’d missed anyone There was a river he swam to refresh himself New duck hatchlings…
All of It
It can’t be coaxed the wind to go thinly into a tiny chamber except by Allah Light unless it is pushed ahead by invisible…
The Saint Calls to Us
The saint calls to us one by one under a corridor of stars to savor in the eyes and heart the night’s sweet dissolution…
A Thousand Armies
And the hapless Soldier’s sigh Runs in blood down Palace walls — William Blake A thousand armies sat on a wall and everyone of…
Still thinking about Imran…
ONE DAY DEATH KNOCKED One day death knocked and knocked and no one answered – Only the door’s wood-grain in resounding unison …
As of a Giant Cloud
A sweet-faced saint like a giant cloud floats past the cliff edge where we stand in wait for such saintly visitation and he do…
Poem for Imran Saithna…
DEATH CAME IN RATHER SHEEPISHLY In Memoriam Imran Saithna Death came in rather sheepishly having just taken someone quite youn…