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Poetic Traditions of Compassion and Creative Maladjustment (part 4): Rainer Maria Rilke
“Like the other poets in this series, Jalal al-Din Rumi and Gwendolyn Brooks, Rilke in his writings does not dwell on the word compassion per se. He strives to embody it…” –Aberjhani
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Poetic Traditions of Compassion and Creative Maladjustment Part 2: Jalal al-Din Rumi
“Simple, sincere, and selfless, Rumi was respected because he respected others. He was considerate even towards his enemies…” — Afzal Iqbal
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Part 1: Introduction to Poetic Traditions of Compassion and Creative Maladjustment
Consider that members of various “demographic groups” in different nations have begun to assert claims to political power at the same time that unavoidable historical population shifts are already in progress. Nearly everyone recognizes the need for greater social harmony as these shifts progress, yet many insist on touting reactionary…
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Reading Rumi after 9/11 and again at the end of the War in Afghanistan (part 1)
Can Poetry and the Taliban Coexist? Aside from being a country plagued by a succession of wars and economic woes, Afghanistan is also the birthplace of one of the great figures of world literature: Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Rumi. ..