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Commentary on the commentary --
My observations on these poems should not be read as the single, absolute meaning. A poem, like a dream, has layers of meaning -- and that meaning can shift over time and from differing perspectives. My commentary is offered in order to suggest a starting point for you to begin your own exploration into the poem's meaning. Even if my explanation feels right on the mark, please don't stop there. We must discover each poem's meaning for ourselves; otherwise the poem and its explanation remain largely trapped in the intellect. Sacred poetry is transformative poetry. Until we feel a poem working its alchemy on our own awareness, we haven't discovered its heart... -- Ivan
| John of the Cross The Sum of Perfection |
| Kabir Between the conscious and the unconscious, the mind has put up a swing: |
| Kabir He's that rascally kind of yogi |
| Kabir Hey brother, why do you want me to talk? |
| Kabir My body is flooded |
| Kabir The Drop and the Sea |
| Kabir The Lord is in Me |
| Kabir Within this earthen vessel |
| Kalidas (Edwards, Lawrence) In the cloud raindrops swirl |
| Kalidasa Exhortation of the Dawn |
| Kalidasa Waking |
| Kamalakanta Ever-blissful Kali |
| Kamalakanta Is my black Mother Syama really black? |
| Kamalakanta O Kali, my Mother full of Bliss! |
| Kamalakanta The black bee of my mind is drawn in sheer delight |
| Kanaka'ole, Edith E ho mai |
| Kerouac, Jack The Scripture of the Golden Eternity |
| Khayyam, Omar [10] With me along the strip of Herbage strown |
| Khayyam, Omar [11] Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough |
| Khayyam, Omar [32] There was a Door to which I found no Key: |
| Khayyam, Omar [4] Now the New Year reviving old Desires |
| Khayyam, Omar [41 - later edition] Perplext no more with Human or Divine Perplext no more with Human or Divine |
| Khayyam, Omar [42 - later edition] Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuit Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuit |
| Khayyam, Omar [45] But leave the Wise to wrangle, and with me |
| Khayyam, Omar [46] For in and out, above, about, below |
| Khayyam, Omar [6] And David's Lips are lock't; but in divine |
| Khayyam, Omar [66] So while the Vessels one by one were speaking |
| Khayyam, Omar [71] And much as Wine has play'd the Infidel |
| Khayyam, Omar [74] Ah, Moon of my Delight who know'st no wane |
| Khusrow Dehlawi, Amir I Asked |
| Kirmani, Hamid al-Din Swept Away |
| Ko Un Two beggars |
| Kuhi of Shiraz, Baba In the market, in the cloister--only God I saw |
| Lakota (Anonymous) Three Lakota Songs |
| Lalan As the man and the woman in me |
| Lalla Coursing in emptiness |
| Lalla I traveled a long way seeking God |
| Lalla Intense cold makes water ice |
| Lalla To learn the scriptures is easy |
| Lawrence, D. H. I Am Like a Rose |
| Lawrence, D. H. Pax |
| Lawrence, D. H. Song of a Man Who Has Come Through |
| Lee, Li-Young Nativity |
| Lee, Li-Young Out of Hiding |
| Lee, Li-Young Praise Them |
| Levertov, Denise Beginners |
| Levertov, Denise Illustrious Ancestors |
| Levertov, Denise Scraps of moon |
| Levertov, Denise The Fountain |
| Llull, Ramon January (from The Book of the Lover and Beloved) |
| Lu Tung Pin People may sit till the cushion is worn through |
| Luria, Isaac A Poem for the Small Face |
| Machado, Antonio Hope says |
| Machado, Antonio I dreamt you took me |
| Machado, Antonio Last night, as I was sleeping |
| Machado, Antonio Lord, You Tore from Me |
| Machado, Antonio Proverbs and Songs |
| Machado, Antonio Songs |
| Maghribi, Muhammad Shirin Each Way I Turned |
| Maghribi, Muhammad Shirin O End of Every Beginning |
| Maghribi, Muhammad Shirin The Moon of Your Love |
| Maghsoud, Moulana Shah Go to the Winery and exchange your robe for a drink of wine |
| Maghsoud, Moulana Shah The verbal unity comes from the words |
| Mahadevi, Akka It was like a stream |
| Mahadevi, Akka Through Thee have I forgotten Thee! |
| Mahadevi, Akka You are the forest |
| Mahadevi, Akka You can confiscate |
| Maharshi, Ramana The Song of the Poppadum |
| Maneri, Sharafuddin Here there is no we or I or this or that: |
| Masahide Barn's burnt down |
| Mechthild of Magdeburg A fish cannot drown in water |
| Mechthild of Magdeburg Effortlessly |
| Mechthild of Magdeburg Then shall I leap into love |
| Mei, Yuan P'u-t'o Temple |
| Merton, Thomas A Practical Program for Monks |
| Merton, Thomas Follow my ways and I will lead you |
| Merton, Thomas In Silence |
| Merton, Thomas Stranger |
| Merton, Thomas The Fall |
| Merton, Thomas The Sowing of Meanings |
| Milarepa The Profound Definitive Meaning |
| Milarepa The Song of Food and Dwelling |
| Milarepa The Song of Perfect Assurance (to the Demons) |
| Milarepa The Song on Reaching the Mountain Peak |
| Milosz, Czeslaw Late Ripeness |
| Milosz, Czeslaw On Angels |
| Mipham Rinpoche, Sakyong Fortunate Birth |
| Mirabai I am true to my Lord |
| Mirabai No one knows my invisible life |
| Mirabai O I saw witchcraft tonight |
| Mirabai Out in a downpour |
| Mirabai The Dagger |
| Mirabai The Heat of Midnight Tears |
| Misri, Niyazi Now No Trace Remains |
| Muhaiyaddeen, Bawa There is One God |
| Muktabai Where darkness is gone I live |
| Muktananda, Swami That which was not, came |
| Nachmanides (Nachman, Moses ben) The Soul Speaks (from Hymn on the Fate of the Soul) |
| Nagarjuna Change |
| Namdev The drum with no drumhead beats; |
| Nammalvar O Lord, infinite in Thy glory, |
| Nammalvar The earth and the far-flung sky |
| Nammalvar While I was waiting eagerly for him |
| Nanak, Guru Ek Omkar |
| Nasimi, Imadeddin Both worlds within my compass come, but this world cannot compass me |
| Nawaz, Gharib The Second Jesus |
| Nematollah Vali, Shah I beheld my essence |
| Neruda, Pablo Keeping Quiet |
| Neruda, Pablo Poetry |
| Neruda, Pablo The Poet's Obligation |
| Niffari (an-Niffari, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan) Stand at the throne (from The Standing Of the Presence Chamber and the Letter) |
| Nirmala truth is too simple for words |
| Nirmala why fear this moment |
| Novalis Uplifted is the stone |
| Nurbakhsh, Javad Come! |
| O'Donohue, John A Morning Offering |
| O'Donohue, John Beannacht / Blessing |
| O'Donohue, John For a New Beginning |
| O'Donohue, John I arise today |
| O'Donohue, John In Praise of the Earth |
| O'Donohue, John On Waking |
| Oliver, Colin Here I see no-one |
| Oliver, Mary Can You Imagine? |
| Oliver, Mary Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches? |
| Oliver, Mary In Blackwater Woods |
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Ivan
M. Granger's original poetry, stories and commentaries are Copyright ©
2002 - 2011 by Ivan M. Granger.
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