Short Poetry Collection 170
Author: last_name: Various
Language: English
Year: 0

This is a collection of 34 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2017. <br><br>

It includes a longer poem, Parliament of the Birds by Farid ud-Din Attar. <br />
<br>Introduction by the reader: This is one of the best-loved classics of Sufi literature. In his own land, Attar is better known than Rumi or Hafiz. Translation is by Edward Fitzgerald, who 160 years ago brought the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam to English-speaking audiences.<br>
Lacking governance and beginning to descend into anarchy,