The intimations of divinity in this short poem are apt because Hafiz was a devotee of Sufism, a mystical form of Islam that speaks of union with the divine through a personal experience of God.

"This guide grounds me in the natural world" I find meaning and connection in Mary Oliver's short poem, Instructions for ...

Culcheth author Chris Vobe has released an ambitious new anthology, combining free verse poetry, a brand new cycle of lyrics, a selection of short stories, and even photographs taken in some familiar ...

Keane doesn't say this, but I imagine both were familiar with Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem "God's Grandeur," and the ... Keane focuses on his poignant short story, "A Father’s Story," in which ...

Makhija’s real success lies in the way she presents grim social situations with a lightness of touch that is so matter of ...

TPR’s Norma Martinez previews the event with Graciela Sánchez, director of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center; Annalisa ...

I suppose whereas the Greeks regarded wine and overindulgence as a divine state, even creating a wine god named Dionysus ... These were nothing short of wine-infused banquets, which were common ...

Burns wrote this poem during the winter of 1785-6, which was included in the Kilmarnock edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786). It employs the Spenserian Stanza, which was ...

They were a race of God-like people gifted with supernatural ... earlier texts), the Danann ruled from 1897 BC until 1700 BC, a short period indeed in which to have accumulated such fame.

Even God has ninety-nine names, each one pointing to a specific ... and Antonio Gamoneda’s haunting poems about the killings of civilians under the fascist regime in Spain during the past century. It ...