![]() ![]() This second poem, by American poet Kazim Ali, hits deep as it honours our ultimate Ramadan treasure hunt – the search for Laylat ul-Qadr. (This poem is from Ramadan is Burnished Sunlight © 2011 by Abdal-Hayy Moore)īefore everything we so love in the world The first, by American poet Abdal-Hayy Moore (d.2016), speaks to our experience that Ramadan is more than a month – it is a guest, it is a friend and in this poem, it is a seeker. ![]() “Landscape with Stars” by Henri-Edmond Cross 1905-1908 And it is in this spirit that I share with you here three beautiful Ramadan poems to linger over. Taste the words and swallow their light – sacred in their own way – reflections for our shared humanness. ![]() For in the well-crafted and heart heavy words of the poet, we know we will find our state made manifest. It is in times like this, when words fail me, or simply fail to appear, that I turn to the beauty and pleasure of poetry. ![]() A delicate blossom which, for once, I struggle to describe – one whose fragrance is permeating my soul and filling up my eyes while absorbing all my words. Can it truly be that there are only a few more days till we bid the blessing of you goodbye? Considering all that is happening in the world, being given the gift of this Ramadan feels even more precious and even more fragile. “In eloquence there is magic and in poetry there is wisdom.” ![]()
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