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- Page 3 and 4: By the same authorBahíyyih Khánum
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- Page 17 and 18: inspired artist, Julio Savi has the
- Page 20 and 21: PREFACERemoteness is the title of t
- Page 22: REMOTENESSTo Paola, Adriano and Eli
- Page 26 and 27: YEARNING FOR BEAUTYAsmara, 5 July 1
- Page 28 and 29: FROM THE BLUE OF THE SKYAsmara, 28
- Page 30 and 31: YOUR BROAD HALLSAsmara, 1 April 195
- Page 32 and 33: WILT THOU THE CLEMENTAsmara, 6 June
- Page 34 and 35: TOWARD THE LIGHTAsmara, 21 June 195
- Page 36 and 37: AND NOW IT RAINSAsmara, 25 June 195
- Page 38 and 39: FROM A RED HOT FIREAsmara, 2 July 1
- Page 42 and 43: THERE IS PEACE ON THE SEAMassawa, 3
- Page 44 and 45: MELANCHOLYMassawa, 8 April 1957O Me
- Page 46 and 47: IMPOTENCEAsmara, 19 June 1957Dizzil
- Page 48 and 49: THE WEARY HAND GIVES OVERAsmara, 6
- Page 50 and 51: BUT THE HEART LONG MUTEDAsmara, Sep
- Page 52 and 53: I JOIN MY HANDS TO THINEAsmara, Jan
- Page 54: UNFULFILLED DREAMS1961-1964
- Page 57 and 58: SLOW WANDERINGBologna, 25 October 1
- Page 59 and 60: YOU OUGHT TO SMILEBologna, 25 Novem
- Page 61 and 62: WINTER DUSKCastel d’Aiano (Bologn
- Page 63 and 64: And when it bursts out-an impassion
- Page 65 and 66: AND IF I SHALL REFUSE THY RANKSBolo
- Page 67 and 68: VEILS OF OBLIVIONBologna, 17 July 1
- Page 69 and 70: FAR FROM THEEBologna, 18 July 1962I
- Page 71 and 72: IN THE SILENT NIGHTBologna, 31 May
- Page 73 and 74: TODAY IN THE TROUGHBologna, 4 Novem
- Page 75 and 76: THE FLAVOUR OF THY DEWBologna, 4 No
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- Page 82 and 83: THE EARLIEST SNOWBologna, Winter 19
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I KNOW NOT WHO I AMBologna, 8 May 1
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O SWEET DISTANT YEARSBologna, 18 Se
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my ignoranceoverflow into the water
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THE DAY OF THY PROMISEBologna, 12 N
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THE SOWN SEED WILL SPROUTBologna, 1
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HUMAN THOUGHTSBologna, 25 January 1
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THE HEAVEN OF THE HEARTBologna, 12
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THE SHADE OF REMEMBRANCEBologna, 14
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ALWAYS IN THY PRESENCEBologna, 4 Ma
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Weariness burnt-out ashescovers all
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SO MUCH LIFE IS WASTEDBologna, 21 N
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THE CELESTIAL DEWBologna, 30 Septem
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YOUR HAND IN MY HANDCastel San Piet
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DESPITE THE LIGHT OF GUIDANCE1975-1
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TO BE A PART, I TOOBologna, 1976-19
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MY HEART IS WAVERINGBologna, 1976-1
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TO THE POOR, ASTONISHED HEARTBologn
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THE SMELL OF THAT SPRINGTIMESan Gio
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THE HOUR WE LIVED TOGETHERSan Giova
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The awarenessof participatingfor th
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IN THE DARK THAT REMAINSSan Giovann
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And now such infinitetenderness and
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O TENDER LOVE THRIVING IN THE BREAS
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THE POWER OF LOVESan Giovanni in Pe
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AND A THOUSAND KIND HANDSSan Giovan
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The standard whereby you shouldbe j
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AN UNEXPECTED STREAMBologna, 1983-1
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YOU COME BACK, O POETRYBologna, 19
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Only when the zenithal sundistills
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Liza,among those aged stumpsfrom th
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THE SYCAMORESaganeiti (Eritrea), 10
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would soon be there as well.What fl
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And what else shall I say?Perchance
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YEARNINGParma, 1 June 1992Life is a
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THE REMOTE HEATHS OF A FORMER DAYAd
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THE UNEXPECTED RAINAkordat (Eritrea
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REMOTE CALLSAdi Kashi (Eritrea), 20
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REMNANTS OF DAYS FOREVER GONEMassaw
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naked ebonyof lithesome bodiespolis
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IN THE DAWN CHANGING SUNBet Maka (E
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TOWARD THE UNREACHED BORDERS1994-19
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And Thou… Thou artalways there an
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Will the self have becomea pleased
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And your soulshall soar uponthe mur
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At last a teacherleading me through
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and poet undeterredby the swings an
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Mary listenedto Jesus’s voiceand,
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need to receive love-from reading t
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But you give me alsothe bounty of y
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AND IT IS STILL SO MUCHBentivoglio
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ON THE WAVE OF A REMOTE MUSICSan Gi
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to my heart’s inmost recesseswith
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ORDAINER NATURERome, 16 December 19
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THE SECRET OF YOUR BITTER PANGSBolo
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and pain, error and truth.Always re
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In those arms anguishes,fears and a
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THAT MORNING’S SPELLBentivoglio (
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THE NEUTRON OF THE SPIRITBologna, 7
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IN THE SMALL CRESCENTBentivoglio (B
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I offer sweetly scentedjasmines fro
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AGAINST EACH NAYPerugia, 9 December
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It is in the thickest darknessof th
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whence he might watchthe passing da
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CHILDRENBologna, 24 January 1996For
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3At the earliest skirmishof adolesc
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5You are nowabout to reacha port of
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I AM OF THE CHILDREN OF THE HALF-LI
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of a night which isnot yet conclude
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I never frequentedVulcan’s smithy
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CLOUDSBologna, 16 March 19961Clouds
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3Clouds of youthlow on the horizonv
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5Clouds of our lifeI behold youabov
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to luxuriant seedsas yet buriedin f
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No, it is not impending darkness,no
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DIVERGING SKIES1996-1998
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of dust what beat all thingsdown to
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Yesterday a kindly friendwhispered
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AND I SHALL SOON RESUME MY JOURNEYB
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THE STEINBOCKRotwandwiesen (Bozen),
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AS ONE DAY THE DROPMantua, 5 April
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AND NEW TREES WILL RISE IN FLOWERBo
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GIVE ME YOUR CUPWienacht (Switzerla
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IS MINE OR HIS THIS SONG, TODAY?Bar
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I want to live and to dieto cry and
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My Lover asked meto give Him my wil
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TO THE THRONE OF SUPREME HARMONYBei
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THE LINDEN-TREEBologna, 22 November
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No cold will everstop them, but whe
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If Thou wilt be a gem, I will bethe
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THE TAWNY CANDLETrieste, St Spiridi
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THE FAITHFUL OF LOVE1999-2001For Be
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BLOOMING ANEWBologna, 17 December 1
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DROWNEDBologna, 25 December 1998Tow
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THE NIGHT OF ṢIDQ-‘ALÍBologna,
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On that hospital bed in Smyrna,when
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O LIFE, PLACID WATERSon the Loire,
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Did that unknownman whom you always
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SHAYKH SALMÁNBologna, 1 February 1
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‘ABDU’LLÁH BAGHDÁDÍBologna,
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THOMAS AND THE LIGHTBologna-Alessan
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for you to turn away.You feel under
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IN THE INCOMING TWILIGHTSan Marino-
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A GREATER LOVEBologna, 24 June 1999
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WHO AM I?Niederdorf (Bozen), 4 July
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MEMORYBentivoglio (Bologna), 9 July
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FROM NIGHTS TO DAWNSBologna, 31 May
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Seventeen hours wereall that time c
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LONELINESSBologna-Wienacht (Switzer
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I look hard at the kid,waiting to c
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HALCYON DAYSBologna 13 June 2001Fet
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1 Jalálu’d-Dín Rúmí, Kullíyy
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70 Without TheeBahá’u’lláh,
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301DESPITE THE LIGHT OF GUIDANCE100
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AN UNEXPECTED STREAM123 An Unexpect
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September), celebrating the end of
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159 A Happy and Marvellous EndLeo N
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man of pain: Ungaretti, L’Allegri
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Zulaykhá is, in the Islamic tradit
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ecause they have their radiant, tha
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‘the crimson City of God’ (Bah
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AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR
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on that dark side seems to exalt th
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If the real world were the same as
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transforming the experiences of our
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all deeds and behaviours such quali
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An Unexpected StreamBetween ’83 a
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tion, if not a reconfirmed doubt ab
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wilderment conducive to a great wis
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ALPHABETIC LISTING OF POEMS272 ‘A
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237 Give Me Your Cup294 Halcyon Day
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181 Snow-White Hand of the Night89
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225 Yesterday a Kindly Friend203 Yo