One of this author's poems beckons the reader to "leave grazing to cattle" and repeats the refrain "to home, to home!"This author posited that between belief and unbelief there lay a "desert plain," noting that "there is a 'passion' in the midstof that expanse.
One of this author's poems beckons the reader to "leave grazing to cattle" and repeats the refrain "to home, to home!"This author posited that between belief and unbelief there lay a "desert plain," noting that "there is a 'passion' in the midstof that expanse." This poet began another work by noting that "every fantasy devours another fantasy; one thought feeds another."Quasi-Biblical stories about "Moses and the Shepherd" and "Pharaoh and His Wife's Advice" join fables, such as theone about the mouse and the frog, in a six-volume collection by this author. This poet befriended a goldsmith to replace hisprimary muse, an elderly hermit who was his companion before suddenly disappearing. He began one of his books with theinstruction "listen to the reed and the tale it tells, how it sings of separation." Coleman Barks's liberal, free-verse translationsof this poet has led him to be oftften touted as the "most popular poet in America." This poet honored his master by writingthe Divan of Shams of Tabriz, and changed his name upon relocating to Anatolia. For 10 points, name this Persian SufiÂ poetwho wrote the Spiritual Couplets.
One of this author's poems beckons the reader to "leave grazing to cattle" and repeats the refrain "to home, to home!"This author posited that between belief and unbelief there lay a "desert plain," noting that "there is a 'passion' in the midstof that expanse.
Rumi [or Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi; or Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi; or Mowlana]