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One Handed Basket Weaving: Poems on the Theme of Work (Paperback)

by Coleman Barks (Author), Jelaluddin Rumi (Author)
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  • Paperback: 136 pages
  • Publisher: Maypop Books,U.S. (11 Mar 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0961891637
  • ISBN-13: 978-0961891633
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 13.9 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 458,145 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Sufis refer to themselves as 'workers' and 'lovers' interchangeably, and the action that needs doing always involves a companionship with the spiritual world. In these poems from the "Mathnawi", Rumi finds metaphors for that mysterious co-operation.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Natural Imagery, Insightful Poems, 4 May 2005
By Erika Borsos "pepper flower" (Gulf Coast of FL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This poetry book is among my top favorites. The poetry of Rumi gleams and sparkles with meaning for modern times ... amazing as it was written in the 1240s A.D. The natural imagery used is always surprising. He never fails to capture human emotions and the human condition, using original and sometimes highly provocative but very 'on-target' terms.

The subject matter of each poem is varied, although the theme of the book is 'work' ... it really is about much, much more than work. I can not praise the themes of the poems and contents of this book enough. One outstanding poem uses "grapes" as imagery. Rumi describes for the reader, "How It Is with Grapes". When they are immature they jostle competetively in the bunch ... after maturing, the grapes soften, the skin rips open and become one juice. Rumi reassures us, it is just the same with humans. We are also told some grapes grow stone-hard but the secret to that sour tightness remains hidden. What is more important is ... that we grow ... with each breath ... through the help of the heart master.

Another poetic masterpiece is "Die Before You Die". We are told about a riddle, that the opener and that which is opened are the same ... Rumi states, "The day and the daily bread that comes are not to be worshiped for themselves. ... That it is the ocean inside the fish that bears it along, not the riverwater. ... The time-river spreads and disappears into the ocean with the fish." "Be one of G-d's fish who receives what it needs directly from the ocean around it - food, shelter, sleep, medicine." In conclusion, "A seed breaks into the ground. Only then does a new fig tree come into being. *That's* *the* *meaning* *of* *die* *before* *you* *die*." This is truly phenomenal poetry that has been tested over time. It is 800 years strong and still filled with enlightenment and human insight into the phenomenon called "Life".
Erika Borsos (bakonyvilla)

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