i'm very pleased to launch this new section of deep cleveland junkmail oracle, an exercise in mystic poetry that i call water*fire*light. mystic poetry explores a place where the known embraces the unknown. it is the art of ecstatic expression, a spontaneous spiritual overflow that stands in direct contrast to work limited by the parameters of a specific dogma or designed to promote any set of sectarian beliefs. my goal is to inspire a whole new generation of rumi's & hafiz's, wandering through life drunk on poetry & aflame with the spirit of the indefinable IS. -- markk submission guidelines a few links mystic poetry . . . . . . mysticism: voices & visions . . . . . . mystic poetry . . . . . . the poems of rumi the poems of hafiz . . . . . . the poems of kabir . . . . . . st. john of the cross . . . . . . mystic spirituality allspirit update#5 bree: beneath the tree nick fry: wings update#4 mark hartenbach: the ascension of saint ishmael * saint ishmael & the death of the cool patrick iberi: there were times raghab nepal: beggar * city * paranoid * belief * be alive * scattered leaves   update#3 paul skyrm: demons quiver * SATORI SEEING THE VANE OF NUTHATCH FEATHER dan smith: peace photography * sound the silence * the fakirs   update#2 russell salamon: festival in sid * hot moods * crossfire of hunger nevil darukhanawala: of poets & mystics * welcome the new man   update#1 markk: american koan #345 * each screaming moment a prayer * holymouth (a sugarapture of innermost convictions) * free in the highstoned cosmos * the declamatia * satori in choreographed splash joshua gage: deep cleveland lenten blues * ghazal to the wind * ghazal each morning bruce drouin: the box * echo

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