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February 27, 2022
Faith and belief
September 26, 2021
A young kitten
September 12, 2021
Future butterfly
September 5, 2021
The knife
August 29, 2021
My butterfly self
July 4, 2021
Mercantile
June 13, 2021
Moving with alacrity
June 6, 2021
Made to love the sun
May 30, 2021
Life is a gift
May 16, 2021
Flowing through
May 9, 2021
Crack of dawn
May 2, 2021
Unnecessary necessity
April 25, 2021
The trap
April 18, 2021
As a glass
April 11, 2021
A city of light
April 4, 2021
The teacher
March 28, 2021
Castles in the sand
March 21, 2021
Waching a movie
March 14, 2021
Impermanence
March 7, 2021
Being too hard on yourself
February 28, 2021
The farmer and the miller
February 21, 2021
The sun and not the sun
February 14, 2021
Meeting the ocean
February 7, 2021
Constant sun
January 31, 2021
O lovely moth!
January 24, 2021
Turning sun
January 20, 2021
Awareness and sight
January 17, 2021
Seeking silence
January 13, 2021
Crucible of the spirit
January 10, 2021
A standing wave form
January 7, 2021
The Born and the Unborn
January 6, 2021
Kitten strikes again
January 5, 2021
Needs more power
January 4, 2021
So many waves
January 3, 2021
The wave is powerless
January 2, 2021
Dance of fading time
December 30, 2020
The riven heart
December 27, 2020
Kitten catches his tail
December 23, 2020
No greater barrier
December 20, 2020
Behold the higher
December 6, 2020
The ocean of mystery
November 29, 2020
The Revelation of God
November 15, 2020
My translation of Hafez' "dard-e-eqshi"
November 8, 2020
The void
November 1, 2020
The odor of self
October 25, 2020
Here and there
October 21, 2020
The blackest night
October 11, 2020
The reach of mind
September 20, 2020
Self is the boundless vacuum
September 15, 2020
We are the love of God
October 16, 2019
Minds cannot know
April 14, 2017
The dust-heap of this mortal world
January 21, 2017
The sun, the clouds
November 16, 2016
Moon on the water
November 14, 2016
As gold
October 7, 2016
I understand it not
September 16, 2016
Dear reader!
September 2, 2016
The mysteries of grace
July 29, 2016
Broken crystal
July 15, 2016
Slow
March 18, 2016
That perfect moment
March 4, 2016
The path of knowledge
February 19, 2016
Heaven and hell
November 20, 2015
Fear not, little seed
August 29, 2011
The mystic sailor
June 16, 2011
Only You
May 7, 2011
By the sandy shore
December 3, 2010
Love
August 26, 2010
Paean for the Broken
May 8, 2008
I Plead
February 7, 2007
After the rain
January 9, 2007
Nearness
December 23, 2006
Time
October 16, 2006
Reading scripture
August 9, 2006
Memory
June 18, 2006
The Irony of Truth
April 19, 2006
Days like diamonds
January 24, 2006
Above the deeps
November 30, 2005
Waiting II
November 12, 2005
The long journey
September 28, 2005
Lock and key
July 31, 2005
Being in love
June 14, 2005
Quality
June 5, 2005
Like the wind
May 27, 2005
Being together
May 19, 2005
The hope of storms
May 17, 2005
A chalice filled
May 8, 2005
To be consumed
May 7, 2005
The mirror
May 7, 2005
Night, tonight
May 2, 2005
To Nasim
May 2, 2005
Those eyes
May 2, 2005
The Dawn
May 2, 2005
No end
May 1, 2005
Today
May 1, 2005
Borrow my eyes
April 28, 2005
The wind
April 26, 2005
Clarion call
April 26, 2005
A kind of knowledge
April 20, 2005
To Khidr
April 20, 2005
Springtime
April 20, 2005
Little bird
April 20, 2005
Handful of dust
April 19, 2005
Making love
April 19, 2005
Dear Leyla
April 17, 2005
Sweet girl
April 17, 2005
Honey
April 17, 2005
Catching a glimpse
April 15, 2005
The mystic
April 13, 2005
The moon
April 13, 2005
Prayer
April 12, 2005
People
April 11, 2005
For Lance
April 10, 2005
Praise
April 9, 2005
Feeling rich
April 7, 2005
The Moth King
April 7, 2005
The Master
April 7, 2005
The book
April 7, 2005
Secrets of fire
April 7, 2005
Persian script
April 7, 2005
All bow
April 6, 2005
The tree
April 5, 2005
Trying to return
April 5, 2005
An Iranian beauty
April 3, 2005
My dear friends
April 2, 2005
Finding Thee
March 31, 2005
Seize the day
March 30, 2005
Summer in Tempe
March 30, 2005
Paying homage
March 30, 2005
How can I speak
March 29, 2005
Foolishness
March 28, 2005
You
March 28, 2005
Consumed
March 28, 2005
A fine day
March 27, 2005
One day
March 27, 2005
Destruction
March 26, 2005
The secret
March 25, 2005
Journey of the seed
March 23, 2005
Trust
March 18, 2005
This is poetry
March 16, 2005
Hawk
March 15, 2005
The soul of rebellion
January 2, 2005
Mystic prince
December 18, 2004
Watching the desert
December 15, 2004
Awaiting you
December 11, 2004
Fertile ground
December 6, 2004
Angel
December 3, 2004
The bow
November 22, 2004
Seeking the soul-destroyer
November 13, 2004
Ruby wine
November 9, 2004
Sudden flash
October 28, 2004
A beloved insanity
October 23, 2004
Falling rain
October 16, 2004
The Lover
September 24, 2004
Farewell to a love
September 18, 2004
The real desert
September 18, 2004
Mystic Manifesto
September 17, 2004
Wingless flight
September 13, 2004
Vanishing
September 13, 2004
The torch
September 13, 2004
abandon
September 13, 2004
A spirit's rhapsody
September 13, 2004
A mystic's ramble
September 12, 2004
Heat
August 29, 2004
Somber sea
July 16, 2004
Night and Day
June 18, 2004
Sleeping earth
May 8, 2004
To sail away
April 29, 2004
Doorway into Night
March 21, 2004
Qalam (the Pen)
March 17, 2004
Wolf
March 17, 2004
Whirlwind
March 17, 2004
When I try to write
March 17, 2004
Wealth
March 17, 2004
Visitor
March 17, 2004
Virginia autumn
March 17, 2004
Virginia autumn II
March 17, 2004
Unavoidable koan
March 17, 2004
Turtle
March 17, 2004
Too much
March 17, 2004
To Ashley
March 17, 2004
Time to rest
March 17, 2004
Threadbare
March 17, 2004
They call it poetry
March 17, 2004
The world around us
March 17, 2004
The winding river
March 17, 2004
The waves of blue
March 17, 2004
The space between souls
March 17, 2004
The soul's tears
March 17, 2004
The mystery of life
March 17, 2004
The mind duel
March 17, 2004
The melding
March 17, 2004
The life we live
March 17, 2004
The black swans
March 17, 2004
Technology
March 17, 2004
Tear apart the world's veil
March 17, 2004
Take off from SF
March 17, 2004
Standing in shadows
March 17, 2004
Soul's journey
March 17, 2004
Songs of the night
March 17, 2004
Something I thought you said
March 17, 2004
Someday
March 17, 2004
Solstice
March 17, 2004
Shine
March 17, 2004
Second skin
March 17, 2004
Seasons
March 17, 2004
Sea
March 17, 2004
Sail
March 17, 2004
Royal Botanic Gardens
March 17, 2004
Religion
March 17, 2004
Reading the newspaper
March 17, 2004
Programming
March 17, 2004
Procession
March 17, 2004
Power
March 17, 2004
Poetry best chronicles
March 17, 2004
Pausing for a moment
March 17, 2004
Passing me by
March 17, 2004
Pain
March 17, 2004
Ode to a salmon
March 17, 2004
Nothing better to write
March 17, 2004
Not there
March 17, 2004
Nostalgia
March 17, 2004
No more
March 17, 2004
No knowledge
March 17, 2004
Nightingale's song
March 17, 2004
Nightfall at the lighthouse
March 17, 2004
Night journey
March 17, 2004
Never mind
March 17, 2004
My life is my life
March 17, 2004
Moving mountains
March 17, 2004
Morning flower
March 17, 2004
Moon
March 17, 2004
Melbourne Zoo
March 17, 2004
Magic
March 17, 2004
Love and pain
March 17, 2004
Looking at the moon
March 17, 2004
Little heart
March 17, 2004
Little Gila monster!
March 17, 2004
Life
March 17, 2004
Leave me
March 17, 2004
Le morte
March 17, 2004
Insouciance
March 17, 2004
Inescapable light
March 17, 2004
Inclination
March 17, 2004
If my heart were to speak...
March 17, 2004
Human thought
March 17, 2004
Hope
March 17, 2004
Holding on
March 17, 2004
Have faith
March 17, 2004
Haircut
March 17, 2004
Grandfather clock
March 17, 2004
Getting lost
March 17, 2004
From language to words
March 17, 2004
Friday
March 17, 2004
Forgotten
March 17, 2004
For teachers
March 17, 2004
For Simón
March 17, 2004
First poem about the sea
March 17, 2004
Fashion
March 17, 2004
Far away blue
March 17, 2004
Desert sands
March 17, 2004
Definition
March 17, 2004
Death
March 17, 2004
Daydreams
March 17, 2004
Content
March 17, 2004
Cold
March 17, 2004
Chimeras walking
March 17, 2004
Carlton Park
March 17, 2004
Busy
March 17, 2004
Bridalveil Falls
March 17, 2004
Borders
March 17, 2004
blue
March 17, 2004
Black
March 17, 2004
Birthday wishes
March 17, 2004
Beside the Yarra river
March 17, 2004
Being human
March 17, 2004
Being a man
March 17, 2004
Becoming
March 17, 2004
Becoming nothing
March 17, 2004
Autumn
March 17, 2004
At midnight
March 17, 2004
At a park in Watsonville
March 17, 2004
All things
March 17, 2004
Afterwards
March 17, 2004
After watching the news
March 17, 2004
A sun's love
March 17, 2004
A place along sunset beach
March 17, 2004
A hollow reed
March 10, 2004
Work of art
March 10, 2004
The sun says goodbye
March 10, 2004
Seeing
March 10, 2004
Remember me
March 10, 2004
Joy rests
March 10, 2004
Her name means "thoughtful"
March 10, 2004
Doves who cry
March 9, 2004
Sound
March 6, 2004
Haiku
February 20, 2004
A Mystic is...
February 19, 2004
Poem to the Sea
February 17, 2004
The Candle
February 12, 2004
Summer is in the heart
February 12, 2004
Dream of Chastity
February 9, 2004
The Sun
January 16, 2004
The heart is free
January 3, 2004
The clouds
January 1, 2004
Our plans
January 1, 2004
Being hunted
January 1, 2004
A pretty challenge
December 1, 2003
Feel of the midnight wind
November 23, 2003
The Mouse Before Christmas
November 17, 2003
Breakable
November 16, 2003
What changes you
November 16, 2003
Wandering
November 16, 2003
Unwritable
November 16, 2003
To Joel
November 16, 2003
Spellcaster
November 16, 2003
Spell bound
November 16, 2003
Sigh
November 16, 2003
She
November 16, 2003
She II
November 16, 2003
Sending you a flower
November 16, 2003
Self reflection
November 16, 2003
Lazy day
November 16, 2003
Jennifer
November 16, 2003
I've found you
November 16, 2003
Dreaming
November 16, 2003
Don't wait too long
November 16, 2003
City lights
November 16, 2003
Beauty
November 16, 2003
Be still my soul
November 16, 2003
At night in Santa Cruz
November 16, 2003
A touch
November 16, 2003
A holy pain
November 15, 2003
The question
November 13, 2003
Right now
November 13, 2003
Immediate knowing
November 13, 2003
A drop of wisdom
November 12, 2003
Waves upon the shore
November 12, 2003
Rainy day
November 12, 2003
Normal
November 12, 2003
Breakup
November 10, 2003
Halloween is over
November 10, 2003
Far afield
November 10, 2003
A Song to the Beloved
November 8, 2003
Waiting for tomorrow
November 8, 2003
Unseen arms
November 8, 2003
The burning
November 8, 2003
Seeking truth
November 8, 2003
Quiet
November 8, 2003
Looking for the words to write
November 7, 2003
The soul knows
November 7, 2003
Landing
October 29, 2003
Working world
October 29, 2003
Watsonville
October 29, 2003
Waiting
October 29, 2003
Thursday
October 29, 2003
The weary world
October 29, 2003
The poet
October 29, 2003
The love of poetry
October 29, 2003
The heart's sparrow
October 29, 2003
The cold
October 29, 2003
Sweet night
October 29, 2003
Silence
October 29, 2003
Sea upon the sea
October 29, 2003
Outside my window at work
October 29, 2003
Lovers lament
October 29, 2003
Like clouds
October 29, 2003
Land of dreams
October 29, 2003
Just friends
October 29, 2003
Intimacy
October 29, 2003
Dreams
October 29, 2003
Butterflies
October 29, 2003
A moment's peace
October 28, 2003
To a smile
October 28, 2003
Finding the path
October 27, 2003
The sky
October 21, 2003
Always
October 21, 2003
A candle's flame
October 20, 2003
Caught
October 19, 2003
You awoke them
October 19, 2003
Sleep calls to me
October 19, 2003
I plead
October 19, 2003
A tender suffering
October 18, 2003
Wandering II
October 14, 2003
Whom we seek
October 14, 2003
To a stewardess
October 14, 2003
Pretty girl
October 14, 2003
Male Fantasy
October 12, 2003
To Roger and Dania
October 11, 2003
Just a pawn
October 8, 2003
The End
October 7, 2003
Flame itself
October 5, 2003
Parting
October 4, 2003
To a beautiful girl
October 3, 2003
Sound of sorrow
September 27, 2003
Different worlds
July 15, 2003
Without words
July 15, 2003
When time is fullest
July 15, 2003
Undivided Being
July 15, 2003
Toward the light
July 15, 2003
The sun hangs low
July 15, 2003
The rose
July 15, 2003
The Reach of Man
July 15, 2003
The Place of Honor
July 15, 2003
The Arno in the late sun
July 15, 2003
Temple of Pain
July 15, 2003
Step outside
July 15, 2003
Spider's Web
July 15, 2003
Rivers of people
July 15, 2003
Rays of light
July 15, 2003
I wished to be known
July 15, 2003
Every being is a symbol
July 15, 2003
Escape from summer
July 15, 2003
Enter the night
July 15, 2003
Dear Augustus
July 15, 2003
Crumbs of camphor
July 15, 2003
Choice
July 15, 2003
A thing to die for
July 15, 2003
A storm in Italy
July 15, 2003
A pen that wants no rest
July 15, 2003
A mime
July 15, 2003
A maple leaf
July 15, 2003
A leaf falls
July 15, 2003
A cool image
July 15, 2003
A borrowed tale
June 15, 2003
When a loving eye takes extra pains
June 15, 2003
To the owner of La Granja Elsa
June 15, 2003
To remember me
June 15, 2003
This pen
June 15, 2003
The waves
June 15, 2003
The Spirit of Fire
June 15, 2003
The silent life
June 15, 2003
The sea exhales
June 15, 2003
The sea and her secrets
June 15, 2003
The pretty girls
June 15, 2003
The mood of night
June 15, 2003
The call of life
June 15, 2003
Spirituality
June 15, 2003
Pressing rain
June 15, 2003
Poetry
June 15, 2003
Poem for Naw-Rúz
June 15, 2003
Pain II
June 15, 2003
Fireworks (of Sant Joan)
June 15, 2003
Bright future
June 15, 2003
A Keen Intent
June 15, 2003
A Cigarette Butt (on the night of Sant Joan)
June 6, 2003
Poem to the falling sun
June 3, 2003
A sea of arms and legs
January 24, 2003
Tales I tell myself
January 23, 2003
A cherished sound
January 18, 2003
Letter to the Watchman
January 1, 1996
On the runway in LA
January 1, 1996
Moonlight
January 1, 1996
Flight
January 1, 1992
Flight of the Archaeopteryx