Leave me in a quiet place to pray Where I can receive the energy To face the new day A place close to nature Re-vi-tal-i-zing Ox-y-gen-a-ting Calm-ing Leave me there early in the day Leave me alone…
I stand facing Mecca the house all around me parallel with everything hands up to my ears the Prayer begins Hands across chest time-space capsule surrounds me no god but Allah all Other forgotten Here’s eternity’s signature signed…
From the soft rope we arefrom the jagged tear in a canvas we arefrom the wrecked and twisted bicycle we arefrom the lengthy shadow of a lost world we arefrom flickers at the edge of a dark wood…
It was wonderful listening to Iljas Baker reading from his poetry collection Peace Be Upon Us and discussing what inspired his writing and his spiritual journey from Buddhism to Subud and Islam. Watch the replay below for uplifting…
It was wonderful talking to Amal Kassir about her new poetry collection Scud Missile Blues. Watch the recording for powerful pieces of poetry and reflections from a Syrian point of view that give a better understanding of the…
Entires for the 2025 competition are now closed.The Ecstatic Exchange is delighted to announce the very first Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore Ecstatic Poetry Prize, in collaboration with Lote Tree Press!Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore (1940-2016, rahimahullah) was a pioneering American Beat-turned-Sufi poet. He authored dozens…
I once asked my father what language he dreams in and he did not know the answer to this question. In fact, the question startled him. He’s spent more of his life here in America than in his…
BillowingMedina Tenour Whiteman With my son cradled in sleep's arm-boatI switch my thoughts from idle chatter to Surat al-Ikhlas and feel my …
Yahia Lababidi is an Egyptian-American- aphorist and poet. He has authored eleven books and his twelfth, Palestine Wail, will appear later this year. Yahia has a YouTube channel where he presents his work and more recently his reactions to the ongoing genocide…