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The poem in "Another Poem by Rumi" is written by Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273), master of the Sufi tradition, a mystical branch of Islam.
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Another
Poem by Rumi
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This miniature book was
letterpress printed by Wendy Fernstrum at Minnesota Center for Book Arts on a Vandercook
219, using photopolymer plates, on the last days of 2006.
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The breeze at dawn has something to tell you.
DON'T GO BACK TO SLEEP.
You must ask for what you really want.
DON'T GO BACK TO SLEEP.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
DON'T GO BACK TO SLEEP.
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3" x 3"
16 pages including pastedowns
Limited
edition
size: 60
Price:
$75
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Another Poem by Rumi
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I found "The Breeze at Dawn" in The Essential Rumi,
translations by Coleman Barks.
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