Long Rumi Poems
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EpigramsEpigrams by Michael R. Burch
If brevity is the soul of wit
then brevity and levity
are the whole of it.
—Michael R. Burch
To write an epigram, cram.
If you lack wit, scram!
—Michael R. Burch
Conformists of a feather
flock together.
—Michael...
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rumi, bible, metaphor, philosophy, poetry, wisdom, words, writing,
Form:
Epigram
Epigrams VEpigrams
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It’s not that every leaf must finally fall,
it’s just that we can never catch them all.
Piercing the Shell
by Michael R. Burch
If we strip away all the accouterments of war,
perhaps we'll discover...
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Categories:
rumi, giggle, humor, humorous, irony, literature, word play,
Form:
Epigram
Let Me Give Her DiamondsLet Me Give Her Diamonds
by Michael R. Burch
Let me give her diamonds
for my heart's
sharp edges.
Let me give her roses
for my soul's
thorn.
Let me give her solace
for my words
of treason.
Let the flowering of love
outlast a winter
season.
Let me...
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Categories:
rumi, valentines day,
Form:
Verse
Sufi Dream Poem-Theory: Cosmontological Uni-BallCosmology + Ontology = Cosmontology
NEW Cosmontological Principle: Be SO SO humble!
>>> SEE NOTE BELOW
A Sufi Dream-Poem--Our purposefully "proto-conscious" UNI-ballish recycling?
By: Moji Agha
Started on Oct. 26, 2020
You know?
Being a microtubular cosmontologically proto-conscious
goofy sufi...
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Categories:
rumi, creation, destiny, imagination, mystery, planet, science, stars,
Form:
Free verse
Rumi Translation: the FieldThe Field
by Rumi
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Far beyond sermons of right and wrong there's a sunlit field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lazes in such lush grass
the world is too...
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Categories:
rumi, earth, green, islamic, rights, soulmate, sound, words,
Form:
Epigram
Rumi Translation: BirdsongBirdsong
by Rumi
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Birdsong relieves
my deepest griefs:
now I'm just as ecstatic as they,
but with nothing to say!
Please universe,
rehearse
your poetry
through me!
I choose to love you in silence
by Rumi
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I...
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Categories:
rumi, bird, music, poetry, poets, song, universe, writing,
Form:
Verse
My Friend the Wise DoctorEu-e,
Eu-e-e,
Eu-e,
Bucky Fuller Big Bang.
U-C,
U-C-A-G,
U-C,
ribonucleic acid.
Yang-Yin,
Yang-Yin-Yin,
Yang-Yin
Bucky Fuller Big Brain
My Friend Bucky Fuller
came down to me today.
He said,
"Lao-tse's Time
grows not-not binomial
radiates fore
and gravitates aft
Space and Time
poetry as rhyme
Convex and Concave!"
My Friend Rumi Gloomy
said to me today,
"When you...
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Categories:
rumi, nature, perspective, spiritual,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
Following Earth's LightBorrowing from David Holmgren, Permaculture Principles and Pathways Beyond [Win-Elite v Lose-NonElite] Sustainability, 2002, p. 1
Health ethics are Beloved Community normative principles
used to guide action toward good and light and right outcomes
and away from degeneratively...
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Categories:
rumi, creation, destiny, earth day, environment, health, humanity,
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Political Verse
Wisdom's Healthy Passion"We have an enemy within called the ego
who prevents us from using our mind intelligently.
It hides deep within our heart
and emerges with regularity
to challenge and consume our will."
Rumi (M. Mafi,...
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Categories:
rumi, health, integrity, wisdom,
Form:
Political Verse
Chicken Soup FarmRelationships are like farming,
if you don't plant the seed,
you'll have no crop to harvest.
Rumi (M. Mafi, trans.)
Investing is like farming,
if you don't play the game,
you'll have no winnings.
Economics is like farming,
if you don't play this...
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Categories:
rumi, earth, earth day, nature, philosophy, power, religion,
Form:
Free verse
You MatterThe last time you felt good, you played along with them, and they were fooled
The feeling inside was blue and you always considered the suicide rendezvous
It’s when you can’t laugh or cry, and feel it’s...
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Categories:
rumi, suicide,
Form:
Rhyme
God HuntLove murmurs in my ear that to be hunted
is infinitely more enviable than to be the hunter.
...
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Categories:
rumi, integrity, nature, passion, psychological, religion, science, society,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
Peace Rings TrueSpeak gently when you offer criticism,
but don't be so soft as to sacrifice the truth.
...
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Categories:
rumi, beauty, community, culture, inspiration, peace, violence, war,
Form:
Free verse
Love of Our LifeLOVE Of Our Life
Life’s journey swim links 2 defined moments - birth & death.
To survive its stretch we swim different strokes,
Delivered inner strength combats heavy tides & puncture pokes,
Hidden forces compatibly energize different folks,
Fortifying for...
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Categories:
rumi, desire, emotions, god, love, perspective, relationship, wisdom,
Form:
Tail-rhyme
God Is Humor SensedLove wants nothing to do
with the everyday affairs of men.
Love's only intention
is to catch the lover!
Rumi
God wants nothing to do
with the routine affairs of men,
God's only intention
is to catch the lover's attention!
I wonder if Freud's...
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Categories:
rumi, confusion, god, humor, identity, nature, psychological, science,
Form:
Free verse
Uniting States of WisdomWe have an enemy within called the ego
who prevents us from using our mind intelligently.
It hides deep within our heart
and emerges with regularity
to challenge and consume our will.
...
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Categories:
rumi, culture, earth, love, nature, peace, philosophy, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Eye ContactWhat is love?
A sea of nonexistence
both tranquil and calamitous
where the mind
does not dare enter.
(Rumi, M. Mafi, "Day By Day", p. 120, 2014, Hampton Roads)
What is timeless synergy?
Our sea of coexistence
both confluent and dissonant
where blind consciousness
seldom...
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Categories:
rumi, adventure, destiny, nature, philosophy, psychological, science, time,
Form:
Free verse
Redeeming GenesisWe have an enemy within called the ego
who prevents us from using our mind intelligently.
It hides deep within our heart
and emerges with regularity
to challenge and consume our will.
...
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Categories:
rumi, humor, integrity, love, nature, philosophy, religion,
Form:
Free verse
On Being Here NowOur body is only a cloak,
seek the one who has dressed you,
heed not the dress.
Rumi
My form dresses our shared purpose,
I seek this SuperEco who has formed our cooperative
and synergetic vocational meaning,
not my ego's magically imagined...
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Categories:
rumi, creation, earth day, nature, philosophy, science, space,
Form:
Free verse
Sufi Monk CredentialingThis self-explanatory English poem of mine was originally drafted Monday (evening) August 5, 2013, while I was still in Independence, Missouri. I revised it a bit in November and December of 2014, while “traveling” in...
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Categories:
rumi, community, courage, fairy, freedom, funny, islamic, political,
Form:
Pastoral
Inside the Winter Wild
"Inside the Winter Wild"
Inside the Wild,
Winter races
towards Time
like a runnaway train
it’s shadowy
and dark,
yet, inside Winter,
the wild keeps
without fail
its burning light,
a passion play
for everything
and all,
along the way
discovered
in...
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Categories:
rumi, christmas, magic, muse,
Form:
Narrative
Where Poets RuleEverything that is created
disguises a hidden purpose....
A calligrapher writes out his lines
not just for the exquisiteness of the script
but to also convey a meaning.
...
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Categories:
rumi, beauty, color, dance, love, poetry, rights, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Whypt Syllabubs
“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” Rumi
"Whypt...
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Categories:
rumi, desire, love, lust, romance, sensual, valentines day,
Form:
Romanticism
Perfect Balanced PitchImperfection is the mirror of perfection;
opposites reveal each other.
Rumi (M Mafi translation)
Dissonance is the non-polynomial mirror of confluence;
opposites unveil each other.
Ego-suffering grows the anti-relational mirror for eco-optimization;
opposites reveal each other.
Past economic competition grows the crystal...
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Categories:
rumi, earth day, growth, math, nature, passion, philosophy,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
Mutual MessiahsWho's vision are you unfolding for whom?
Are you aware you carry a basket of bread
on your head
and still beg at every door? (Rumi)
You love healthy nature.
Like bread, Earth's nature feeds you
and, like yeast, absorbs you,
is...
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Categories:
rumi, earth, earth day, nature, philosophy, soulmate, space,
Form:
Free verse