Translation from Rumi's Masnavi by Fatemeh Keshavarz
Selected Poems
Selected Poems
To some, Rumi's poetry is best heard aloud; to others, Rumi's words should be experienced in silent reading. Here, we present the text of seven poems and readings of those poems in Persian and in English, with male and female voices.
Here you can read Derek Walcott's poem recited by Kabat-Zinn, saying a prose statement was "bound to be inadequate" in communicating his point. Download the poem and read along.
by Sean Nevin
A grouping of nine poems based on a backwards progression of painter William Utermohlen's self-portraits chronicling his descent into Alzheimer's.
by Sean Nevin
A poem with seven parts. We excerpted a portion of part IV for the end of the program — and included the poem in it entirety online.
