Rumi's Poetry
In Our Time
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The Deconstructive Nature of Nicolson's Poems
i think the iambic metre is lovely because it's so conversational. He uses words literally to take words apart, he talks to himself and chastises himself sometimes for being clumsy. I regard his poetry as a kind of antidote to the modern madness that we see going on with extremism in islam. Most people who have perhaps dropped established religion still admire spiritualitys concept.
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