Posts Tagged "Hafiz"
Your Mother and My Mother
Reading at Koloa practice 2/6/2012 Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living In better conditions, For your mother and my mother Were friends. I know the Innkeeper In this part of the universe. Get some rest tonight, Come to my verse again tomorrow. We’ll go speak to the Friend together. I should not make any promises right now, But I know if you Pray Somewhere...
Read MoreThe Seed Cracked Open
Reading at Waimea practice 01/08/2012 It used to be That when I would wake in the morning I could with confidence say, “What am ‘I’ going to Do?” That was before the seed Cracked open. Now Hafiz is certain: There are two of us housed In this body, Doing the shopping together in the market and Tickling each other While fixing the evening’s food. Now when I awake All...
Read MoreTired of Speaking Sweetly
Reading at Waimea practice 12/03/2011 Love wants to reach out and manhandle us, Break all our teacup talk of God. If you had the courage and Could give the Beloved His choice, some nights, He would just drag you around the room By your hair, Ripping from your grip all those toys in the world That bring you no joy. Love sometimes gets tired of speaking sweetly And wants to rip to shreds All your...
Read MoreI Got Kin
Reading a Koloa practice 11/14/2011 Plant So that your own heart Will grow. Love So God will think, ”Ahhhhh, I got kin in that body! I should start inviting that soul over For coffee and Rolls.” Sing Because this is a food Our starving world Needs. Laugh Because that is the...
Read MoreI Wish I Could Speak Like Music
Reading at Waimea practice 11/12/2011 I wish I could speak like music. I wish I could put the swaying splendor Of the fields into words So that you could hold Truth Against your body And dance. I am trying the best I can With this crude brush, the tongue, To cover you with light. I wish I could speak like divine music. I want to give you the sublime rhythms Of this earth and the sky’s...
Read MoreONLY ONE RULE
Reading at Waimea practice 11/5/2011 The sky Is a suspended blue ocean. The stars are the fish that swim. The planets are the white whales I sometimes Hitch a ride On, The sun and all light Have forever fused themselves into my heart And upon my Skin. There is only one rule on this Wild Playground, Every sign Hafiz has ever seen Reads the same. They all say, “Have fun, my dear; my dear,...
Read MoreWe Have Not Come Here to Take Prisoners
Reading at Koloa practice 10/06/2011 Chasing the Day by Jessica Tremp We have not come here to take prisoners, But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy. We have not come into this exquisite world To hold ourselves hostage from love. Run my dear, From anything That may not strengthen Your precious budding wings. Run like hell my dear, From anyone likely To put a sharp knife Into...
Read MoreWOW
Reading at Koloa And Anara practice 9/29/2011 Where does the real poetry Come from? From the amorous sighs In this moist dark when making love With form or Spirit. Where does poetry live? In the eye that says, “Wow wee,” In the overpowering felt splendor Every sane mind knows When it realizes-our life dance Is only for a few magic Seconds, From the heart saying, Shouting, “I am...
Read MoreSo Many Gifts
Reading at Anara Spa practice 8/8/2011 There are so many gifts Still unopened from your birthday, There are so many hand-crafted presents that have been sent to you by God. The Beloved does not mind repeating, “Everything I have is also yours.” Please forgive Hafiz and the Friend If we break into a sweet laughter When your heart complains of being thirsty When ages ago Every cell in...
Read MoreYou’re It!
Reading at Waimea practice 07/23/2011 God Disguised As a myriad things and Playing a game of tag Has kissed you and said, “You’re it! — I mean you’re REALLY IT!” Now It does not matter What you believe or feel For something wonderful Major-league Wonderful Is someday going To Happen. ——...
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