Weekly Poems

In the Sea of Abundance (7/12/2026) The one who is not harmed by poison drinks poison like wine, O cupbearer. When existence disappears, Absence comes. The person who is saved from the self drinks wine in the sea of abundance, cup after cup. The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, More...

That Place You Know So Well (7/5/2026( O One who rides the horse of eternity and is leaving this temporary monastery, You know Your way. You’re going to that place You know so well.   Without becoming friends with material things and symptoms, without falling into the trap, without slowing More...

Chain of Saints (6/27/2026) When you fall in Love and become crazy-insane, you will be tied to the chain of saints. Today, you are deprived of that chain, because you are immersed in life and sober. The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 4, rubai 1479, page 53. More...

Maybe You Will Get to Know Us (6/21/2026) O friend, if you do good to others, you will better yourself a hundred times over. Even if you turn your face the other way, maybe you will get to know Us.   I spread water on the ground to settle the More...

You Became Him After All (6/14/2026) You sang melodies with the Love of Eternity and became ignorant and stunned by the confusion of Love. You saved yourself from sorrows by dying before your death. You talked so much about His grief that you became Him after all. The Rubaiyat of More...

Hidden (6/7/2026) O One who gives ecstasy to the soul without a wine cup, an ecstasy even better than eternal drunkenness! Come, if only for one moment. Give us our blessing, that moment which is clean of everything, including cleanness. How long must we wait for that unique moment?   More...

My Palace (5/31/2026) I asked, “O beautiful One, where is Your house?” He answered, “In your broken, ruined heart. I am the Sun which shines into ruins. O Love’s drunk, destroy your heart. Then, it will become My palace.” The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 4, rubai 1461, More...

This is Eternal Blessing (5/24/2026) O one who has good intentions, start your journey now. Find that Beloved who can direct you in the right way. Search everywhere for that One who will give you happiness. Seek the road to reach Him. Where is that great One? How can you find More...

My Value (5/17/2026) If I had known my own value, I would not have fooled around with this dirty world. I would have emptied myself from self and ascended quickly. I would have raised my head above the ninth level of the sky The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, More...

O Soul, Become Drunk Here (5/10/2026) It’s impossible to have such a Moon in this world. Concede it, O heart, concede. You’re threatening me with a fight? Let’s fight!   We are God’s drunks, drunk from that eternal wine. You are smart and skillful. Go away. Stay with the people More...