To Someone Growing Roots in a New Realm: Poems for a New Paradigm

Conversations with RumiRumi: Dan, I've seen your work Dan: Well, I chose you as an archetypal partner, and I've tried to embody Love in my writing Rumi: Be careful about your writing Dan: What do you mean?Rumi: You write some very wonderful things, but you can taint them with distasteful words Dan: My messages can be spicy Rumi: Yes, and they can conflict with the very Love you write about Dan: I guess I know deep down they can Rumi: So if you're walking with me, run and dance with the swirling wind Be a pearl in the ocean sand Join your words with the holy tongues of waterfalls Let them flow like the unstoppable red hot lava from a volcano but give them with the grace of God Dan: And don't diss G.W. and the Republican party???Rumi: They are doing the best they can on one plane You are doing your best on another Dan: I suppose you're right Rumi: Rise into the clouds Mate with the raindrops Let your love rain down on every living thing Dan: Thank you Rumi

Dan Howe lives in Portland, Oregon, works as a carpenter, and writes poetry as a creative passion to inspire others. He makes music with Zuvuya2ya, and uses it as a powerful backdrop for spoken word. The ultimate purpose of his writing is to create a better world for all life.