The Conference of the Birds Omar Musa unintelligible

unintelligible

and the ironic fact of a life lived against the gulf of discontent in its myriad forms

'it’s time / for love / in the time / of dollar store cutlery'

one of America’s most influential living poets continues to prove her worthiness of that title

humorvolle en denkende poëzie van een dichter die de wereld in kijkt met evenveel scheppingsdrang als empathie

The Conference of the Birds Omar Musa unintelligibleAttar, translation Sholeh Wolp Composed in the twelfth century in north eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism an esoteric system concerned with the search for truth through God it describes the consequences of the conference of the birds of the world when they meet to begin the search for their ideal king, the