Visiting Rumi’s Tomb In Konya

Rumi / November 23, 2023 Visiting Rumi’s Tomb In Konya At dusk, the shaft of light striking Rumi’s tomb is emollient as pale jade. It has been a long, hot day in Konya, I’ve been writing in a café-terrace overlooking the famed white and turquoise structure of the tomb-museum complex. I sip my tea slowly, […]

Rumi And The Clock Of Shams Tabrizi

Rumi / November 22, 2023 Rumi And The Clock Of Shams Tabrizi A tree in the vicinity of Rumi’s tomb has me transfixed. It isn’t the tree, actually, it is the force of attraction between tree-branch and sun-ray that seems to lift the tree off the ground and swirl it in sunshine, casting filigreed shadows on the […]