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| Searching... Subject: MYSTICISM Matches Found: 155 "THE FIRST, THE LAST: A POEM OF EZRA", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: He said to me: in the beginning of the world Last Line: So the end will come through me & through no other Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism "THE PIRKE DE RABBI ELIEZER, SELS.", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The origin of sky / was from the light of his own robe Last Line: Be earth Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism 1648 : FOR COSSACKS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Bitter times / the cossack krivno Last Line: Jewish prey Subject(s): Cossacks;jews;mysticism - Judaism;pogroms; Judaism 3 POEMS FOR SABBATAI ZEVI ... AFTER HIS CONVERSION TO ISLAM: 1, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: A glow of true messiah Last Line: For gayness to king david's son Subject(s): Conversion;jews;messiah;mysticism - Judaism;sabbatai Zevi (1626-1676); Judaism 3 POEMS FOR SABBATAI ZEVI ... AFTER HIS CONVERSION TO ISLAM: 2, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Was born -- the child of life Last Line: Lit up the moon by daylight Subject(s): Conversion;jews;messiah;mysticism - Judaism;sabbatai Zevi (1626-1676); Judaism 3 POEMS FOR SABBATAI ZEVI ... AFTER HIS CONVERSION TO ISLAM: 3, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Sabbatai is myrrh root Last Line: King sabbatai zevi Subject(s): Conversion;jews;messiah;mysticism - Judaism;sabbatai Zevi (1626-1676); Judaism A CALENDAR: THE YEAR OF THE MESSIAH, by ELEAZAR HA-KALLIR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Those days: that time Subject(s): Calendars; Jews; Messiah; Mysticism - Judaism; Rites & Ceremonies; Judaism A CHARM AGAINST LILITH, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Black striga / black on black Last Line: Like a wolf she crushes Subject(s): Charms (magic);jews;lilith;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism A CURSE & ANGRY POEM AGAINST THE NATIONS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that do not know thee & upon the Last Line: Who made them Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism A DEATH FUGUE, by PAUL ANTSCHEL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Black milk of morning we drink you at dusktime Alternate Author Name(s): Celan, Paul; Anczel, Paul Subject(s): Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Shoah; Judaism A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What was he doing, the great god pan Last Line: As a reed with the reeds of the river. Subject(s): Flutes; Mysticism; Mythology - Classical; Pan (mythology) A NUMBER BLESSING, by CHARLIE MORROW Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: B / a / r / u / ch Subject(s): Blessings; Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism A POEM ABOUT ASHERA: HOW SHE GOES TO BULL GOD EL TO SEEK HOUSE FOR SON, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: So ashera sets out Last Line: The grey of your beard has surely taught you Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism;mythology; Judaism A POEM FOR BAR YOHAI, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: O you bar yohai Last Line: Eyes cannot see Subject(s): Mysticism - Judaism;simeon Bar Yohai (2nd Century) A POEM FOR THE HIGH PRIEST, by MESHULLAM THE GREAT BEN KALONYMOS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Like a tent / stretched tight Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism A POEM FOR THE SEFIROT AS WHEEL OF LIGHT, by NAFTALI BACHARACH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: & going 'round Alternate Author Name(s): Bacharach, Naphtali Ben Jacob Elhana Subject(s): Cabbala; Mysticism - Judaism; Kabbala; Kabbalah A POEM FOR THE SHEKINAH ON THE FEAST OF THE SABBATH, by ISAAC BEN SOLOMON LURIA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have sung / an old measure Alternate Author Name(s): Ashkenazi, Isaac Subject(s): Feasts; Mysticism - Judaism A POEM FOR THE SMALL FACE, by ISAAC BEN SOLOMON LURIA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sons of his palace Alternate Author Name(s): Ashkenazi, Isaac Subject(s): Mysticism – Judaism; Sabbath A TALISMAN FOR VENUS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: 22 47 16 41 10 35 4 Last Line: 46 15 40 9 34 3 28 Subject(s): Jews;magic;mysticism - Judaism;mythology - Classical;venus (goddess); Judaism A VISION OF THE VOICE OF YAHVEH, by AMOS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This is what yahveh adonai Alternate Author Name(s): Amos The Prophet Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism A YELLOW PANSY, by HELEN GRAY CONE Poem Text First Line: To the wall of the old green garden Last Line: Longs for the winds again. Alternate Author Name(s): Green, Coroebus Subject(s): Mysticism AGNOSTIC TO MYSTIC, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Why does it matter to you whether heaven or god Last Line: Sometimes, oh, sometimes it seems—! Subject(s): Cold; Earth; Mysticism; Nature; Weather; World AN AUTUMN BREEZE; QUATRAIN, by WILLIAM HAMILTON HAYNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This gentle and half melancholy breeze Last Line: To voice some subtlety of sylvan grief. Subject(s): Autumn; Mysticism; Seasons; Fall ANGEL, by TRISTAN TZARA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Color recomposes / the liquid hanged men Alternate Author Name(s): Rosenstock, Sami; Rosenfeld, S. Subject(s): Dadaism; Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism BOOK OF FORMATION: 10 COUNTINGS, WITH COMMENTAIRES, SELS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Call it a mist of light and sound of a faint idea of interposition of being Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism BOOK OF THE SAYINGS OF THE LORD, SELS., by JACOB FRANK Poem Source First Line: It is in your ancient books that there is an island hidden in the sea Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism BRIDE'S SONG AGAINST DEMONS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: High on a pillow sits with bandaged hands & feet her double sits beside her Last Line: The custom of the girls Subject(s): Brides;jews - Women;mysticism - Judaism CHILDREN'S RAIN SONGS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: O the rain drop drop drop Last Line: Whatever there is to eat Subject(s): Drought;jews;mysticism - Judaism;rain; Judaism CONCRETE POEM: YHVH GREAT GOD, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism CROWN OF KINGDOM: CONSTELLATIONS, by SOLOMON IBN GABIROL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who can know your ways Alternate Author Name(s): Ibn Gabirol; Solomon Ben Yehuda Ibn Gabirol Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism DEBORAH: THE SONG OF DEBORAH, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: Deborah sang that day Subject(s): Deborah (bible); Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Women In The Bible; Judaism DOOR II (THE NAME), by EDMOND JABES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: With your screams you have composed his name. And every scream is one Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism E, by ALBERT EINSTEIN Poem Source First Line: Mc(2) Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism ECHO AND SILENCE, by SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In eddying course when leaves began to fly Last Line: With thousand mimic tones the laughing forest fill! Subject(s): Indian Summer; Mysticism ELIJAH AND THE PRIESTS OF BAAL: IN A TIME OF FAMINE, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: Ayehi many days the words of yahveh to elijah in the 3rd year (saying) go let ahab see you I will tr Subject(s): Famine; Mysticism - Judaism EPIGRAM: THE QUID AND THE QUIS, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In truths that nobody can miss / it is the quid that makes the quis Subject(s): Truth; Mysticism FALLING THROUGH, by RICHARD SOLOMON GEDNEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A mystic dreamer, fierce and wild Last Line: He thought no more of power. Subject(s): Dreams; Mysticism; Sleep; Nightmares FIRST LIGHT POEM: FOR IRIS - 10 JUNE 1962, by JACKSON MACLOW Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The light of a student-lamp Alternate Author Name(s): Mac Low, Jackson Subject(s): Mysticism – Judaism; Light FIRST SAMUEL: AFTER THE SHAMANS, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: Now samuel was dead all of israel did the rites for him & buried Subject(s): Mysticism - Judaism FIVE FOR THE REBBE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The rebbe went dancing Last Line: All that they drink is life Subject(s): Clergy;hasidism;jews;mysticism - Judaism; Priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops;judaism FRAGMENT, by FRANZ KAFKA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Never will you draw the water out of the depths of this well Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Silence; Judaism GEMATRIA, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Light %a mystery Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism GOD IN EUROPE, by URI ZVI GREENBERG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We were not like dogs among the gentiles ... They pity a dog Alternate Author Name(s): Greenberg, Uritsvi Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism GOOD NIGHT, WORLD, by JACOB GLATSTEIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Good night, wide world Alternate Author Name(s): Glatshteyn, Yankev; Gladstone, Jacob Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism HERO / LIL: THE THIRD SHELL, by DAVID MELTZER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: And behold, that hard shell (I.E. Embodiment of evil), lilith, is always Subject(s): Mysticism - Judaism I AM THE BABE OF JOSEPH STALIN'S DAUGHTER: DEDICATION, by ROCHELLE OWENS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Din / who am I floating Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism I HAVE A GARMENT, by ABRAHAM IBN EZRA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have a garment which is like a sieve Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism IMAGE OF SPEECH AT SINAI, by ELEAZER BEN JUDAH Poem Source First Line: The creator lowered fire on the mountain great glorious magnificent Last Line: Fire %darkness Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism IN FEAR OF MYSTICISM, by GREG HEWETT Poem Source First Line: I don't like talking writing Last Line: Eye too clear to hear in the forest of words Subject(s): Mysticism IN THE JEWISH MYSTICAL TRADITION, by IRA SADOFF Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the jewish mystical religion, the bodies flying Subject(s): Mysticism – Judaism; Jews ITALIAN SONNET, by IMMANUEL OF ROME Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Love knows neither law nor Alternate Author Name(s): Immanuel Ben Solomon Of Rome; Immanuel Di Roma Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism JAWEH AND ALLAH BATTLE, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Jaweh with atom bomb Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism JEHUDA HALEVI'S SONGS TO ZION, SELECTION, by YEHUDA HALEVI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My heart in the east Alternate Author Name(s): Halevi, Judah; Judah Ha-levi; Abu Al-hasan Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism JUTZI SCHULTHEISS, by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The gift of god was mine; I lost Last Line: Because the gift I had I lost. Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F. Subject(s): Mysticism KUBLA KHAN, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: In xanadu did kubla khan / a stately pleasure dome decree Last Line: And drunk the milk of paradise. Variant Title(s): Romance;the Sacred River Subject(s): Buildings & Builders; Dreams; Heaven; Kubla Khan (1214-1294); Mysticism; Nightmares; Paradise LOCK YOUR HEART THAT I MAY NOT BROOD, by ISAAC THE BLIND Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: That we may not brood - concerning that which is hidden to thought Alternate Author Name(s): Saggi Nehor, Rabbi Yitzhak Subject(s): Cabbala; Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Kabbala; Kabbalah; Judaism LULLABY A STORY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Once there was a story Last Line: The bird vanished from the nest Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism MANIFESTO ON FEEBLE AND BITTER LOVE, by TRISTAN TZARA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To make a dada poem Last Line: The poem will be like you Alternate Author Name(s): Rosenstock, Sami; Rosenfeld, S. Subject(s): Dadaism; Jews; Mysticism – Judaism; Poetry & Poets; Judaism MEISTER ECKHART, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All day the snow festered Last Line: And he meant it. Subject(s): Cold; Eckehart, Johannes (meister) (1260-1327); God; Inquisition; Mysticism; Eckhart, Meister MENORAH, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: She lights the lights Last Line: Making love Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism MIDRASH OF THE ABSENT: MESSIAH, by MOSES DE LEON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The garden has three walls all made of fire Alternate Author Name(s): Moses Ben Shem Tov De Lion Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism MOBILE MYSTIC SOCIETIES, by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The olden golden stories of the world Last Line: For each of you, ye mystics! Everywhere. Subject(s): Mysticism MOHAMMEDANISM, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: While the high truths to man in christ revealed Last Line: The god of will and power. Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): Islam; Muhammad, The Prophet (570-632); Mysticism; Mahomet; Mohammed MORAG OF THE GLEN, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When morag of the glen was fey Last Line: Morag is white as the driven snow! Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Death; Ireland; Marriage; Murder; Mysticism; Women; Dead, The; Irish; Weddings; Husbands; Wives NEW YORK, by EDWIN DAVIES SCHOONMAKER Poem Text First Line: Sea - rimmed and teeming with millions poured out on Last Line: Till the new day quenches the lamps and flares over tyre. Subject(s): Cities; Immigrants; Labor & Laborers; Mysticism; New York City; Urban Life; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration; Work; Workers; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple NIGHT MISTS; QUATRAIN, by WILLIAM HAMILTON HAYNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sometimes, when nature falls asleep Last Line: For they are nature's dreams. Subject(s): Mysticism NOTHING, by JOSEPH GIKATILLA Poem Source Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism ON READING THE POETRY OF A MYSTIC, by MARY SINTON LEITCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I hear a sound of waters; --not the combing Last Line: Dips in the liquid dusk a flaming wing. Subject(s): Mysticism; Poetry & Poets; Religion; Water; Theology OUTWARD BOUND, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I leave behind me the elm-shadowed square Last Line: Ionian isles are thine, and all the fairy shores! Subject(s): Mysticism; Sea Voyages; Tanzania; Zanzibar PATRIARCHAL POETRY, SELECTION, by GERTRUDE STEIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Patriachal poetry defined Last Line: What is it Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism PIYUT: A GREAT MUSIC, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Ah people do do shake off dust do rise do Last Line: Close with your enemies smoked out burnt off like dew Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism POEMS FOR THE RICH: 1, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Zaritsky with 10 children Last Line: O worse off than his dog Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism;poverty; Judaism POEMS FOR THE RICH: 2, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Derision of the working class Last Line: Past all reproach Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism;poverty; Judaism POEMS FOR THE RICH: 3, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: O mother o mother Last Line: Women die starving Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism;poverty; Judaism POEMS FOR THE RICH: 4, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Bosses with hearts of stone Last Line: Where does it end? Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism;poverty; Judaism POEMS FOR THE RICH: 5. A POEM FOR MILLIONAIRES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Viz rothschild -- face of gold Last Line: Bag of bones Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism;wealth; Judaism;riches;fortunes POOR PEOPLE, by RAJZEL ZYCHLINSKA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Being poor has one color Alternate Author Name(s): Zychlinska, Rayzel Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Poverty; Judaism PROENSA, by ISAAC BEN ABRAHAM GORNI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In provence gorni's got a lot of enemies Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism PROPHECY OF JESUS BEN HANANIAH, by JESUS BEN HANANIAH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A voice from the sunrise Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism PSALM 137: EXILE, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: We sat & cried along babylon rivers Subject(s): Exiles; Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism RAINBOW CALENDAR OF ISAAC LURIA, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Nisan if you see the rainbow from the east side Last Line: Great sorrow in the deserts Subject(s): "cabbala;calendars;exiles;jews;luria, Isaac Ben Solomon (1534-1572);mysticism - Judaism;" Kabbala;kabbalah;judaism RHOECUS, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God sends his teachers unto every age Last Line: But from that eve he was alone on earth. Variant Title(s): Divine Teachers Subject(s): Mysticism SEFER RAZIEL: HYMN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: He promises his name. They praise its power and beauty Last Line: In each creature / infinitely Subject(s): Mysticism - Judaism SEMITE, by GEORGE OPPEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What art and anti-art to lead us by the sharpness Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism SERPENT, by NATHAN OF GAZA Poem Source First Line: Messiah Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism SHI'UR KOMA: THE MEASURE OF THE BODY, by ISHMAEL BEN ELISHA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This is the measure of the stature spoken in the book of measure Subject(s): Bodies; Mysticism - Judaism SONG OF THE MYSTIC, by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I walk down the valley of silence Last Line: And one the bright mountain of prayer. Variant Title(s): The Valley Of Silence Subject(s): Mysticism SOUND EVENT: THE SILENT ORCHESTRA, by NACHMAN OF BRATZLAV Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Construct an orchestra made up entirely of wooden 'dummy' instruments Alternate Author Name(s): Nachman Of Breslo Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism SOUNDING EVENTS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Sound the words as quickly as possible Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism STONE OF CHOICE, SELECTION, by KALONYMOS BEN KALONYMOS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Damn the one damn Alternate Author Name(s): Kalonymus Ben Kalonymus ben Meir Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism TERROR, by JEROME ROTHENBERG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dream of the jews Subject(s): Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Mysticism - Judaism; Terrorism; Judaism; Arab-israeli Conflict THE 16-YEAR OLD POET, by SOLOMON IBN GABIROL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I am the prince the song Alternate Author Name(s): Ibn Gabirol; Solomon Ben Yehuda Ibn Gabirol Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Poetry & Poets; Youth; Judaism THE ACTS OF SAINT JOHN: THE ROUND DANCE OF JESUS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: A praise poem Last Line: Understand & say / amen Subject(s): Jesus Christ;jews;messiah;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism THE ALPHABET OF BEN SIRA: THE BIRTH, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "as it is written, he doeth great things past finding out" Last Line: Meat oil & wine & she nourished him Subject(s): "ben Sira (hebrew Scribe, 2d Century Bc);jews;mysticism - Judaism;" Judaism THE BALLAD OF JUDAS ISCARIOT, by ROBERT WILLIAMS BUCHANAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas the body of judas iscariot Last Line: And dries them with his hair. Alternate Author Name(s): Maitland, Thomas Subject(s): Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Mysticism THE BOOK BAHIR: ON THE NATURE OF EVIL, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: And god warned israel Last Line: Anchored the ends of the earth Subject(s): Evil;mysticism - Judaism THE BOOK OF EXODUS: SONG OF THE SEA, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: Now moses & now israel's children sing this song Subject(s): Mysticism - Judaism; Sea; Ocean THE BOOK OF MYSTERIES: RITES FOR THE SUN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Fourth heaven heaven of the angels of the sun lies stretched out Last Line: Amen selah Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism;sun; Judaism THE BOOK OF THE LEFT PILLAR, by MOSES OF BURGOS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As the idea rose in the mind of god & in his pure thought to create a holy Alternate Author Name(s): Moses Ben Solomon Ben Simeon Of Burgos Subject(s): Mysticism - Judaism THE BOOK OF THE LETTER, SELECTION, by ABRAHAM ABULAFIA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: And adonai said to Alternate Author Name(s): Abulafia, Abraham Ben Samuel Subject(s): Cabbala; Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Kabbala; Kabbalah; Judaism THE BUGLES OF DREAMLAND, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Swiftly the dews of the gloaming are falling Last Line: And the bugles of dreamland about us are calling. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Bugles; Death; Dreams; Future Life; Mysticism; Dead, The; Nightmares; Retribution; Eternity; After Life THE CODE OF DAY & NIGHT: A FRAGMENT, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: * * ... / h Last Line: Of darkness I part in the house of light a man ... Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism THE COMET, by CHARLES SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Erratic soul of some great purpose Last Line: A loosed prometheus burning with disdain. Subject(s): Mysticism THE DEATH OF MATTAHIAS, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sons of my age, attend Last Line: Hope lifts my soul to thee. Subject(s): Christianity; Clergy; Death; Fathers & Sons; Legacies; Mysticism; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The THE DIAMOND PERSONA, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I dreamt tolstoi was mad and running away Last Line: Above some fanciful future spring planting. Subject(s): Dreams; Mysticism; Russia; Tolstoy, Leo (1828-1910); Nightmares; Soviet Union; Russians THE EPIC OF KING KISHVAR: THE CASTLE, by MAULANA SAHIN Poem Text First Line: High & green Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism THE EVIL EYE (THE GOOD EYE) EINHORE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The child frets / yawns / or cringes a lot Last Line: Shall she receive an evil eye Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism THE GEZER CALANDAR, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The moons of harvest Last Line: A / b / g Subject(s): Calendars;jews;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism THE GODDESS OF THE ISLANDERS, by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the midmost page, the bookworm's pasturage Last Line: And the opal's flame-fraught snows. Subject(s): Goddesses & Gods; Islands; Mysticism; Mythology; Writing & Writers THE GREAT HOLY ASSEMBLY: THE NAMES, by MOSES DE LEON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In my distress Alternate Author Name(s): Moses Ben Shem Tov De Lion Subject(s): Mysticism - Judaism; Names THE GREAT LAMENT; FOR THE RABBIS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "the columns of caesarea ran with tears, roof gutters ran with blood, stars" Last Line: The palms were laden with thorns Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism THE GREATER HEKHALOT: A COSMIC HYMN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: A measure of holiness a measure of power Last Line: Who comes crowned to the throne of his own massiveness Subject(s): Mysticism - Judaism THE GREATER HEKHALOT: THE DOORKEEPERS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The 7th palace Last Line: Down all jerusalem Subject(s): Mysticism - Judaism THE HAUNTED PALACE, by EDGAR ALLAN POE Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: In the greenest of our valleys / by good angels tenanted Last Line: And laugh -- but smile no more. Subject(s): Castles; Ghosts; Grief; Haunted Houses; Insanity; Mysticism; Supernatural; Sorrow; Sadness; Madness; Mental Illness THE IYYOB TRANSLATION FROM 'A-15', by LOUIS ZUKOFSKY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: An / hinny / by / stallion Last Line: White pods of honesty / satinflower Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism THE KING'S HIGHWAY, by HARRIET WATERS PRESTON Poem Text First Line: I'll wake and watch this autumn night Last Line: Broods on the king's highway! Subject(s): Mysticism THE LADY OF SHALOTT, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: On either side the river lie Last Line: "the lady of shalott!" Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Arthurian Legend; Death; Mysticism; Arthur, King; Dead, The THE LOTUS; TO M.K. GANDHI, by SAROJINI NAIDU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O mystic lotus, sacred and sublime Last Line: Coeval with the lords of life and death? Subject(s): Death; Mysticism; Dead, The THE MAIDEN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I would sing of Last Line: O father of truths o mother of knowing Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism THE MYSTIC, by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who holds not life more yearful than the hours Last Line: From the beginning, and of all being last. Subject(s): Faith; Mysticism; Prophecy & Prophets; Superstition; Belief; Creed THE MYSTIC, by GERTRUDE BONE Poem Text First Line: In the still light Last Line: And on the bitter lips of the unkind. Subject(s): Mysticism; Religion; Theology THE MYSTIC LAND, by MIRIAM DEL BANCO Poem Text First Line: There's a land that's like a dream Last Line: Of this mystic land—the heart? Subject(s): Mysticism - Judaism THE MYSTIC'S PRAYER, by CONSTANCE CAROLINE WOODHILL NADEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My god, who art the god of loneliness Last Line: Infinitude of life, too deep for aught save rest. Subject(s): Mysticism THE MYSTIC'S PRAYER, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lay me to sleep in sheltering flame Last Line: My soul's desire. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Desire; Fire; Mysticism; Prayer; Religion; Sleep; Theology THE NUMBERS, by MARIA HEBREA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: 2 are 1 Subject(s): Alchemy & Alchemists; Jews; Mary The Jewess (1st Century); Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Hamelin town's in brunswick Last Line: If we've promised them aught, let us keep our promise. Subject(s): Mysticism; Rats; Revenge THE RAVEN, by EDGAR ALLAN POE Poem Text Poem Explanation Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary Last Line: Shall be lifted -- nevermore! Subject(s): Birds; Death; Love - Loss Of; Mothers; Mysticism; Omens; Ravens; Supernatural; Dead, The THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: It is an ancient mariner Last Line: He rose the morrow morn. Variant Title(s): The Rime Of The Ancyent Marinere (1834) Subject(s): Albatrosses; Birds; Curses; Mysticism; Sailing & Sailors; Supernatural; Seamen; Sails THE SNOW, by DAVID MACBETH MOIR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The snow! The snow! 'tis a pleasant thing Last Line: Upon the falling snow! Alternate Author Name(s): Delta Subject(s): Cold; Memory; Mysticism; Snow; Thought; Winter; Thinking THE SONG OF THE SEXTON, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: At dawn going from house to house & Last Line: Get up work for god Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism;worship; Judaism THE TEN WORDS OF CREATION, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: In the beginning god created Last Line: "yhvh, yhvh, a god merciful and gracious, the existent, yhvh" Subject(s): Creation;jews;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism THE TESTAMENTS OF THE 12 PATRIARCHS: JOSEPH & THE BULL, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Words of our father jacob (said) Last Line: Started to strike his brothers Subject(s): Mysticism - Judaism THE THIEF'S PLAY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Open up open up Last Line: Falls down dead Subject(s): Holidays;jews;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism THE TORAH OF THE VOID, by NACHMAN OF BRATZLAV Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God, / for mercy's sake / created the world Alternate Author Name(s): Nachman Of Breslo Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Nothingness; Judaism; Nihilism; Voids THE WALKER OF THE SNOW, by CHARLES DAWSON SHANLY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Speed on, speed on, good master! Last Line: Of the walker of the snow! Subject(s): Mysticism THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE SHEKINAH FROM HER HOME IN THE TEMPLE, by YEHUDA BEN IDI Poem Text First Line: From the ark cover she moved onto the cherub Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism – Judaism; Shekinah; Wandering & Wanderers; Judaism THIS IS TOO MUCH, by FLORENCE STEINBERG Poem Text First Line: Cold gray mists press close to me Last Line: Leaving a worthless pulp—a clod. Subject(s): Mysticism THREE LOVE POEMS: 1, by SAMUEL HA-NAGID Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I'd sell my soul for that fawn Subject(s): Jews; Love; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism THREE LOVE POEMS: 2, by SAMUEL HA-NAGID Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Take the blood of the grape Subject(s): Jews; Love; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism THREE LOVE POEMS: 3, by SAMUEL HA-NAGID Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: That's it -- I love that fawn Subject(s): Jews; Love; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism TO A WELSH MYSTIC, by ARTHUR GLYN PRYS-JONES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Your eyes inspire: they draw their clear conviction Last Line: As I have seen him at your clear windows. Subject(s): Mysticism; Soul; Travel; Wales; Journeys; Trips; Welshmen; Welshwomen TO THE CICADA SEPTEMDECIM, by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Buried at moment of thy birth Last Line: Go forth, new-winged, to an undreamed-of light. Subject(s): Death; Mysticism; Dead, The TREE SPIRIT EVENTS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: One mounts to one side Last Line: Ten are fixed in one Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism TWO MYSTICS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I have read in a worn old volume Last Line: "and that fairy so loved and so loving,- / who can it be, dearest, but thee?" Subject(s): Love;mysticism ULALUME, by EDGAR ALLAN POE Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: The skies they were ashen and sober Last Line: This ghoul-haunted woodland of weir Variant Title(s): Ulalume - A Ballad;ulalume - A Ballad (2) Subject(s): Auber, Daniel Francois (1782-1871); Death; Halloween; Landscape; Love - Loss Of; Mysticism; October; Soul; Supernatural; Weir, Robert Walter (1803-1889); Dead, The VISION EVENT, by NACHMAN OF BRATZLAV Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Imagine that you could constantly recall all that we know about the future Alternate Author Name(s): Nachman Of Breslo Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Judaism VISION OF RABBI ABRAHAM, SELS., by NATHAN OF GAZA Poem Source First Line: & I abraham has shut myself in for 40 years had grieved over the power of Subject(s): Cabbala; Jews; Mysticism - Judaism VOTIVE TABLETS: TO THE MYSTIC, by JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Spreads life's true mystery round us evermore Last Line: Seen by no eye, it lies all eyes before. Alternate Author Name(s): Schiller, Friedrich Von Subject(s): Mysticism WATER-POEM: A PRAYER & INVOCATION TO THE PRINCE OF RAIN, by ELEAZAR HA-KALLIR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Af-bri / sign Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Water; Judaism WHO?' OF IBN ARIBUR OF CORDOBA, by JOSEPH IBN ABITUR Poem Source First Line: Who %anchored the hight skies Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism WIND -- TWO TREES -- MEN AND WOMEN, by HARRIS LENOWITZ Poem Source First Line: Ruah elohim wind of god Last Line: Game of harehound Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism WITH WAVERING FEET, by VLADIMIR SERGEYEVICH SOLOVYEV Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: With wavering feet I walked where dawn-lit mists were lying Last Line: Beaten about with flame of white, triumphal fires. Alternate Author Name(s): Solovyov, Vladimir Subject(s): Mysticism WORD EVENTS, by NACHMAN OF BRATZLAV Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Read a verse. %read a verse backwards Alternate Author Name(s): Nachman Of Breslo Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism WORDS: AN ENVIRONMENT EVENT, by ALAN KAPROW Poem Source First Line: Two rooms 9'x9', leading railroad style into another, 6'x6', each Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism YHVH'S BATTLE WITH THE SERPENT, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Waken / waken / gird might of arm Last Line: You made them Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism |
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