Posts Tagged "Hafiz"
I 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 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. ——...
Read MoreI Imagine Now for Ages
It Happened Again last Night: Love Popped the cork on itself- Splattered my brains Across the Sky. I imagine now for ages something of Hafiz Will Appear To Fall like Stars. ...
Read MoreThe Same Suntan
Reading at Waimea practice 6/25/2011 Burn Every address for God. Any Beloved Who has just one color of hair, On gender,one race, the same suntan all the time, On rule book, Trust me when I say, that man is not even Half a god And will only Cause...
Read MoreI Want Both of Us
Reading at Anara practice April 13, 2011 I Want Both of Us To start talking about this great love As if you, I and the Sun were all married And living in a tiny room, Helping each other to cook, Do the wash, Weave and sew Care for our beautiful Animals. We all leave each morning To labor on the earth’s field. No one does not lift a great pack. I want both of us to start singing like...
Read MoreWhen I Want to Kiss God
Reading at Anara practice 3/16/2011 When No one is looking I swallow deserts and clouds And chew on mountains knowing They are sweet Bones! When no one is looking and I want To kiss God I just lift my own...
Read MoreYoga Wedding
There is probably never a more likely place to practice yoga than in a relationship. In fact the root of the word in sanskrit, ‘yuj’ essentially means to yoke or to bring together. Not much is said however in yogic texts about the yoga of relationship. A wise yogi once said: “A paradox of life is that one is fundamentally alone, yet one cannot exist outside of...
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