Poetry Collection

Poetry is the essential literature of the Middle East. Poetry is part of daily conversation and is expressed in both classical and popular music. A discussion can be embellished or an argument resolved with a line of poetry. Poetry can express the raw emotion of love or loss, longing or attachment, or be a vehicle for philosophical and spiritual discourse.

The English speaking world has come to know and embrace the work of the Sufi master and poet Rumi. Discover the poetry of Rumi in the calligraphy of Joon, along with a host of other poets from past eras and our own time, who have written in Persian (Farsi), Punjabi, Dari, Urdu, Arabic and other languages.