Rumi

• “Jalaluddin Rumi lived eight centuries ago in countries that are today part of Afghanistan and Turkey.”

  NPR: English Professor Assembles Writings Of Famous Dead Poet

• “It is the whirlwind of his presence that we feel as the power within Rumi's poetry.”

  The Huffington Post: Coleman Barks: Rumi's Poetry: 'All Religions, All This Singing, One Song'

• “I am often asked why Rumi is currently so popular.”

  The Huffington Post: Coleman Barks: Rumi's Poetry: 'All Religions, All This Singing, One Song'

• “Rumi's poem may be relevant here, Rumi is a Persian poet who is very well known and read in U.S. and he says:”

  The Huffington Post: Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD: The Psychology of Religion: Why Are Some of Us Attracted to It?

• “Some renowned writers of such poetry are Jalal-uddin Rumi, Bulleh Shah, Mirza Ghaleb, etc.”

  Boing Boing

• “One way to understand these specific reasons is to recall Rumi's tale of the Ocean and the fish thrown up on dry land.”

  The Huffington Post: William C. Chittick, Ph.D.: Which 'Islam'? Exploring the Word's Many Meanings

• “In his award-winning novel Blue Mars 1996, Robinson mentions a town called Rumi in discussing delegates to a constitutional congress on Mars.”

  Kim Stanley Robinson digs the Persian poet Rumi

• “Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi, known as Rumi, was born in 1207 north of the Oxus river, in Persian-speaking Central Asia.”

  The Guardian World News

• “The place of poetry cannot be overestimated in the culture; it has always been considered the highest art, and many epic poems by celebrated authors such as Rumi, Attar, and Sa’adi include retellings of traditional tales.”

  Anita Amirrezvani - An interview with author

• “Like so many modern seekers who are looking for a direct experience of the Divine, beyond dogma and the exclusive claims of tradition, we have been profoundly inspired in our journey by the mystical poetry of the universal poets of humanity such as Rumi, Hafiz, Kabir, St. John of the Cross, and Walt Whitman.”

  The Huffington Post: Andrew Harvey and Karuna Erickson: Yoga and the Inspiration of Poetry by Andrew Harvey and Karuna Erickson

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