Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī, known in much of the world as Rumi, was born on 30 September 1207 and died on 17 December 1273. Few poets have crossed linguistic, religious, and national boundaries as fully as he has. In Persian literary history he is often called Mawlānā, “our master,” and in the Turkish-speaking world he is remembered as Mevlânâ; “Rumi,” the name by which he is most familiar in English, means…
“There is no “before” left to me. It has been a long time since I have had any before. If they come, they come before an image they believe to be me.”
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Medieval Poets, Mystical & Spiritual Poets, Persian Mystic Poets
Emotional landscape: Spirituality, Longing, Tenderness
1 live poem · Middle English
W. de Wycombe is one of those medieval creative figures whose name survives more clearly than the person behind it. The surviving evidence does not permit a conventional biography with secure dates, family history, offices held, or a documented place of burial. He is generally treated as an English poet and composer active in the thirteenth century, and the “W.” is often expanded as William, though even that expansio…
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Devotional Poets, Hymn Writers, Medieval Poets, Poet-Musicians
Emotional landscape: Joy, Wonder, Peace
