SEEING BEAUTY - Photography as visual poetry, part 6

Whenever I read these words - I am profoundly touched, in awe and amazement. 

Somewhere in my heart I know this to be true .... so I am holding on, trust and have faith.

Susanne

From my book "Seeing Beauty - Photography as visual poetry". Available at www.blurb.com or by contacting me directly.

MY BRILLIANT IMAGE 

One day the sun admitted, 

I am just a shadow. 

I wish I could show you 

The Infinite Incandescence (Tej) 

That cast my brilliant image! 

I wish I could show you, 

When you are lonely or in darkness, 

The Astonishing Light 

Of your own Being! 

(Hafiz) 

'I Heard God Laughing' by Daniel Ladinsky

SEEING BEAUTY - Photography as visual poetry, part 5

The long, cold and cloudy winter days in the midwest can be depressing. Sometimes there can be a benefit in feeling this loneliness as Hafiz expresses it so lovingly in this poem.  I see the bright side and the blessings - be still, quiet my mind and turn inwards. 

Susanne


From my book "Seeing Beauty - photography as visual poetry", available on www.blurb.com or contact me direct.

MY EYES SO SOFT 

Don't surrender your loneliness 

So quickly. 

Let it cut more deep. 

Let it ferment and season you 

As few human 

Or divine ingredients can. 

Something missing in my heart tonight 

Has made my eyes so soft, 

My voice 

So tender, 

My need of God 

Absolutely 

Clear. 

(Hafiz)

'The Gift' Poems by Hafiz - translations by Daniel Ladinsky

SEEING BEAUTY - Photography as visual poetry, part 4

Living without expectations, without wanting and grasping - how liberating!! 

Susanne

(an excerpt from my book "Seeing Beauty - photography as visual poetry . Available at www.blurb.com or contact me direct)

THE SUN NEVER SAYS 

Even 

After 

All this time 

The sun never says to the earth, 

"You owe 

Me." 

Look 

What happens 

With a love like that, 

It lights the 

Whole 

Sky.

 

(Hafiz) 

'The Gift' Poems by Hafiz - translations by Daniel Ladinsky