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 Persiana rated 7 months ago - A moment with Hafez
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Together [Robert] Bly and [Coleman] Barks visited the tomb of Hafez, a revered poet of the 14th century, in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz. Bly says of the visit:
"We got up in the morning and we went to the grave. And about eight o'clock in...
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- Persiana rated 7 months ago
- A moment with Hafez
From the page:
Together [Robert] Bly and [Coleman] Barks visited the tomb of Hafez, a revered poet of the 14th century, in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz. Bly says of the visit:
"We got up in the morning and we went to the grave. And about eight o'clock in the morning, you know, children started to come. Maybe third grade children. And they stood around the little tomb and sang a poem of Hafez's. Really charming. And then they went away, and now some fifth graders came. And they stood around the tomb and sang a poem of Hafez. Of course, every poem of Hafez is connected with a tune, so you teach the children the tune, and then they have the poem. So I said to myself, "Isn't that unbelievable? And why don't we do that? Why don't we go to the grave of Walt Whitman and have children come there?"
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