Reading Sufi or Islamic poetry is a little like reading Shakespeare, in that I need to get my eye and reading ear into the right rhythm. Omid Safi has collected a beautiful selection of love poems and I'm grateful of his skill in selecting them. This book, while short, is a powerful reminder for us to reflect on the only thing truly important in this life, love.

Thank you Yale University Press and Netgalley for an ARC of this book.
The parts of this book that I read were very heavily based within religion, much more than I had expected. I was expecting a book of poetry and writing that had a religious basis but on a much lighter scale. Unfortunately this book was not for me.

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