A book of newly translated Rumi poems, to celebrate Rumi's 800th birthday this year Presents poems which are a bridge between the mystery of being human and the mystery of the divine. Introduction Bridge, Poem, Awareness Moving Through 1(12) Travel Notes 13(14) The Poems A Bowl Fallen From The Roof 27(1) A Story They Know 28(1) Harvest 29(1) Inhale Autumn, Long For Spring 30(2) Leaves About To Let Go 32(2) A Light Within His Light 34(2) A King Dressed As A Servant 36(1) As The Sky Does In Water 37(1) The Time Of Divulging 38(3) Empty 41(1) Nicknames 42(1) New Blossoms 43(1) Split The Sack 44(2) Any Sprig Of An Herb 46(2) Secret Places 48(1) Doorsill 49(1) Flightpaths 50(1) Music And Silence 51(1) Earsight 52(1) The Talking 53(1) Currency 54(2) Water From The Well Of The Soul 56(1) Another Invitation 57(1) The One Who Left 58(1) Disciplines 59(1) Pieces Of A Broken Cup 60(2) Spilled Speech 62(2) Soul Houses 64(2) The Wave Of That Agreement 66(1) Calm In The Midst Of Lightning 67(1) Avalanche 68(1) Pure Silence 69(1) What Fear Of Loss 70(1) A Mountain Nest 71(1) Miles Of Riverside Canebed 72(2) Solomon And The Wind Of Speaking 74(1) A Mixed-Breed Apple 75(1) No Expectations 76(2) Mountaintop Trough 78(2) What You Gave 80(1) Your Turn At Dice 81(1) Holiday Without Limits 82(2) Outdoors And The Passion Of The Grass 84(2) A Preposterous Guess 86(1) Asleep And Listening 87(1) Pearl 88(1) Green Writ 89(1) Look At A Fountain 90(1) Desolation 91(1) The Dance Of Your Hidden Life 92(2) Let The Soup Simmer 94(1) The Only Obligation 95(1) Butcher And Sheep 96(1) I See The Face 97(1) The Meeting 98(2) The Living Doubleness 100(2) The Value Of This Moment 102(1) Ocean Light 103(1) Like A Fig 104(1) Gone For Good 105(1) Two Lovings 106(1) Talking To The Luck-Bird 107(1) Alive With Scripture 108(2) Faint Lament Of Form 110(2) This High Meadow 112(2) Granted 114(2) Saladin's Leaving 116(1) What You Have Despised In Yourself 117(1) Winter Or Summer 118(2) Abraham And Isaac 120(2) I Ask One More Thing 122(2) Seeds And Rain 124(1) One Being Inside All 125(1) Struck Tent 126(1) Open Window 127(1) Full Sun 128(1) I Rocked My Own Chest 129(1) You Shall Not See Me 130(2) A Beautiful Walk Inside You 132(2) Leaving 134(2) Energy You Can Spend 136(2) One Thing I Did Wrong 138(1) A Northern Wind 139(1) Midnight And Sunrise 140(1) The Creation Word 141(1) We Are The Sun 142(1) You Make Your Own Oil As You Cook 143(1) A Hundred And One 144(1) We Cannot Decide 145(1) A Waking Town 146(1) References 147