A Gathering of Spirits

A Gathering of Spirits

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Carrie Newcomer
Sep 15, 2024
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The first time I read this lovely poem by the mystic Sufi poet, Hafez, I had to put down the book and breathe it in just sit think about it for while. It reminded me of how I felt after reading about an experience described hundreds of years later by the Trappist monk, Thomas Merton, while standing on a busy street corner.

“In Louisville, at the corne…

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