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Date Posted: 09:34:54 11/28/05 Mon
Author: Viive
Subject: RUMI poetry, Does anyone have a favourite?

Some Kiss We Want

There is some kiss we want with
our whole lives, the touch of

spirit on the body. Seawater
begs the pearl to break its shell.

And the lily, how passionately
it needs some wild darling! At

night, I open the window and ask
the moon to come and press its

face against mine. Breathe into
me. Close the language-door and

open the love-window. The moon
won’t use the door, only the window.


~ by Rumi~
translated by Coleman Barks

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[> Hi, Vieve. Don't know anything about Rumi poetry. Liked the one you quoted. Good to read a post from you. -- Ron, 00:02:21 11/29/05 Tue


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[> HI Ron!! La..laaaa..la...laaaa...it's nice to be here even on a quiet month. Rumi was a Persian poet and some say even the originator of the whirling dirvish...he lived about 700 years ago. I LOVE his messages. -- Viive, 23:01:15 11/30/05 Wed


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[> [> Sending you all wishes for a peaceful and happy year!..lots of joy, laughter, great insights and incredible silliness and frivolity! Have a wonderful 2006, wherever you all may find yourselves! Our connections and reconnections are special.....I treasure the moments we've shared...and remember that we all gaze upon the same moon at night, we all feel the warmth of the same sun ... day in day out..connections exist.... -- Viive, 01:58:34 01/11/06 Wed


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[> Hey ya`ll! Happy Holidays!!! .... Now I know I havn't lived ... I can say for sure I've never had a kiss like that! -- Melissa, 08:41:46 12/09/05 Fri


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[> [> oops I'm out of touch, my message should have landed here, not before Melissa's! (((hugsss))) -- V., 02:00:40 01/11/06 Wed


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