How was Daumal forged? This generous and visionary poet, an essentialist who was brave and selfless, ready to tear the veil of reality to touch being and share his shock with us; how was he created?
Through poetry, the spirit finds a space to express its longings, doubts, fears, and revelations, moving beyond the everyday and the ordinary mind.
Author: Ellen Reynard – To wait is
to ask myself
what is in front
of me in this
very moment—
to write this poem,
perhaps
to stroke the cat.
Author: David Pinto – I could have been that seed
just as I could have been that tree
I could have been those hands
that keep the touch
Author: Farid ud-Din Attar – Are you mortal or immortal, or both?
My heart is empty, yet with love is full;
My own love is to me incredible.
I have no certain knowledge any more;
I doubt my doubt, doubt itself is unsure;
Not Moslem, yet not heathen; who am I?