The Whirling

By Ed Jay

The whirling

Persian finds voice
like Earth finds orbit

to reach long fingers
through human destruction

like gravity
that binds bodies to ground.

In whirling souls unbound
bound by love, Rumi seeks

the simple truth,
the treasure beneath the ruins.

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Ed Jay (also known as Ed Parris) Has had poetry published in Poetry, New York Quarterly, Hawaii Review, Colorado Review, Blueline and many others. He has recently published the volume, Poeticonnection, with his wife, Mary Jay, a Persian poet. They met in Ankara and spent some time in Istanbul, and currently live on the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States. His website is www.edjaymfa.com. 

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