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how to be a poet

sama:

listen, sing, dance, whirl,

ever circular, counterclockwise

around the left leg,

turning, turning

towards heart,

arms open,

right palm facing sky,

left palm facing earth,

burning through layers of self

until gold emerges

using text by Haleh Liza Gafori at https://lithub.com/how-rumi-became-a-poet/