"A poet is someone who can pour light into a cup and then
raise it to nourish your beautiful -- perhaps parched -- holy mouth."
"The price of admission to hear the lofty minstrel speak of love is
affordable only to those who have not exhausted themselves
dividing God all day and thus need rest."
- Sufi poets from Hafiz,
Translated by Daniel Ladinsky -
Poetry is the creative use of our energy in a conscious way that others
may also feast on our inner awareness and insights and, in some cases,
revelations and enlightenment. It is the artists way to bring forth
one’s gift from within and share the creative process with humanity.
Many ideas have been expressed about poetry, such as, it is the language
of the soul, the highest expression of man’s consciousness and the soul’s
music expressed in words. For me, it has been a way to give form and
expression to the energies rising up within my consciousness.
Poetry 