Product Description: In the Rumi: Heart of the Beloved wall calendar, Coleman Barkss translations are paired with exquisite Persian miniatures from the 16th century. The rich intricacy of the artwork complements Rumis mystical metaphors, in which the yearning for the divine beloved represents the souls quest for wholeness...read more

Product Description: Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) was a master of ecstatic poetry. His illuminating words have inspired countless people throughout history, and today, thanks to the magical translations of Coleman Barks, Rumis poetry is more popular than ever...read more

Product Description: Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) was a master of ecstatic poetry. His illuminating words have inspired countless people throughout history, and today, thanks to the magical translations of Coleman Barks, Rumi's poetry is more popular than ever...read more

As the foremost translator of thirteenth-century mystic poet Jalal Al-Din Rumi, Coleman Barks reaches a devoted, inspired, and ever-widening international audience. Yet the foundation for Barks's work as a translator is his own significant body of work as a poet. Winter Sky offers a selection from Barks's seven previously published books combined with a group of new poems.Barks's open-hearted, free verse poetry is infused with a joy of the spirit at play with the forms of the world. His journey through life is deeply embedded in his work. The poems spring directly from experience and engage with subjects such as the elation and struggle of having and raising children, grief over the deaths of loved ones, the transition from parent to grandparent, or the changing nature and intensity of desire. Barks's open letter to President Bush, written days before the invasion of Iraq and widely circulated online, is a poetic plea for peace, offering a startling and moving alternative to war.Whether it is the childhood excitement of being named best athlete at summer camp or the early signs of dementia at the age of seventy, Barks uses the personal to convey the universal. The unique flow of a life is here in poems that are rueful, confused, torn, and grateful, but always informed by Barks's transcendent sense of joy and playfulness.

A new collection of poems by the great Sufi mystic, the majority of which have never been published previously, is in celebration of the master writer's eight hundredth birthday and is accompanied by a description of the interpreter's culturally rich visit to Iran at the side of the poet Robert Bly. 30,000 first printing.

Perfect for Valentine's Day, a lavish collection of poems from the highly regarded Sufi mystic celebrates the joy and wonder of love in all its diverse manifestations--divine, friendship, erotic. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

Presents a collection of poems from the highly regarded Sufi mystic celebrating the joy and wonder of love.

Product Description: Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) was a master of ecstatic poetry. His illuminating words have inspired countless people throughout history, and today, thanks to the magical translations of Coleman Barks, Rumi's poetry is more popular than ever...read more

Product Description: So it continues as a grief and a brightening mistake that I often do not forsake the habitual to accept the company of the scrapwood man's eyes.

A year's worth of daily inspirational readings is culled from the writings of the thirteenth-century Sufi mystic, in a volume of translations that represents some of his most mystical and spiritual poetic works. 50,000 first printing.

An English-language translation of the writings by the Islamic religious leader and father of Sufi poet Rumi includes a collection of mystical poems and observations on such topics as nature, humanity, and the mysteries of life. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

The author of The Essential Rumi offers fans of the great thirteenth-century Sufi mystical poet's work new translations of Rumi's best poems, including some that have never appeared in print before. Reprint.