Blessing the Marriage (Ghazal 2667)– Jalaluddin Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks
http://sunlightgroup.blogspot.com/2007/11/sunlight-this-marriage-ghazal-2667.html
Marriage/We Open a Door – Philomene Long (former Poet Laureate of Venice, CA)
We open a door
to where there is no road.
We take it.
The Sun Is Brighter (Why Am I Crying – Because I’ve Been Blessed) – Richard Willson (unpublished work)
The Prayer Before the Prayer – Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu
https://www.mindfulpath.com.au/application/files/9815/6582/9799/Prayer_before_the_prayer_by_Desmond_Tutu_and_Mpho_Tutu.pdf
In the Bleak Midwinter – Christina Rossetti
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53216/in-the-bleak-midwinter
Song of Despair (excerpts) – Pablo Neruda
https://poets.org/poem/song-despair
How Clear, How Lovely Bright – A.E. Housman
https://atsunnyside.blog/2022/02/09/a-e-houseman-how-clear-how-lovely-bright/
I Bend – Selena Odom
https://www.poetry.com/poem/48868/i-bend
Out Beyond Ideas – Jalaluddin Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks
https://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/poem/out-beyond-ideas/
Don’t Go Back To Sleep – Jalaluddin Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks
https://www.poetryverse.com/rumi-poems/dont-go-to-sleep
Tao Te Ching, Verse 2 – Lao Tzu, translated by Stephen Mitchell
https://terebess.hu/english/tao/mitchell.html#Kap02
Untitled Ghazal by Hafez
All Because of Love – Jalaluddin Rumi
https://www.marriedbykate.com/client-portal-readings-1/2018/9/10/all-because-of-love-by-rumi
Some Kiss We Want – Jalaluddin Rumi
https://www.poetryverse.com/rumi-poems/some-kiss-we-want
Note: The December 17, 2022 gathering of the Spiritual Poetry International Meetup fell on Rumi Urs, the 749th anniversary of Rumi’s passing.
Artwork from The Essential Rumi, translations by Coleman Barks
