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By Intuition
Strictly speaking, there were [among Sufi poets] no such distinctions as “mystical poetry” and “non-mystical poetry”. Verse was a vehicle for the expression of transcendental experience, and this was not considered “non-rational”. It was the norm.Read More
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Khayyam and Kabir and the Spirit of Opposition
The woman who uploaded this image of her Rubaiyat tattoocalls it “my creed.” The quatrain goes like this (her translation): Don’t remember the last day,Don’t cry for the future,In the past and in the future don’t believe,Live today and don’t lose, in the wind, your life. Over at Informed Comment, Juan Cole—a professor of History at the University of Michigan and an astute analyst of the nexus between Middle Eastern and American politics—has been translating poems of the great 11th century Persian poet, mathematician and philosopher Omar Khayyam.Read More
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
