The Drop That Became the Sea: Lyric Poems (Paperback)

~ (Author), Kabir Helminski (Author), Refik Algan (Author)
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The Dervish Way: 1
The Dervish Way: 10
The Dervish Way: 11
The Dervish Way: 12
The Dervish Way: 2
The Dervish Way: 3
The Dervish Way: 4
The Dervish Way: 5
The Dervish Way: 6
The Dervish Way: 7
The Dervish Way: 8
The Dervish Way: 9
Life And Death: 43
Life And Death: 44
Life And Death: 45
Life And Death: 46
Life And Death: 47
Life And Death: 48
Life And Death: 49
Life And Death: 50
Life And Death: 51
Life And Death: 52
Necessary Lessons: 26
Necessary Lessons: 27
Necessary Lessons: 28
Necessary Lessons: 29
Necessary Lessons: 30
Necessary Lessons: 31
Necessary Lessons: 32
Presence And Unity: 33
Presence And Unity: 34
Presence And Unity: 35
Presence And Unity: 36
Presence And Unity: 37
Presence And Unity: 38
Presence And Unity: 39
Presence And Unity: 40
Presence And Unity: 41
Presence And Unity: 42
The Way Of Love: 13
The Way Of Love: 14
The Way Of Love: 15
The Way Of Love: 16
The Way Of Love: 17
The Way Of Love: 18
The Way Of Love: 19
The Way Of Love: 20
The Way Of Love: 21
The Way Of Love: 22
The Way Of Love: 23
The Way Of Love: 24
The Way Of Love: 25
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

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     "The songs that sing to us from these pages are fresh and simpleand as deep as the Sea itself. What better to say of a book than it came when it was needed." —Impressions

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Product Details

• Paperback: 93 pages
• Publisher: Shambhala (September 12, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 093966030X
• ISBN-13: 978-0939660308
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #684,540 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sufi poetry for "common folk" - a must read, March 6, 1998

By	M. J. Smith (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Generally when we think of Sufi and Hindu devotional poetry a small set of names come to mind - Attar, Rumi, Kabir, Mirabai ...; Yunus Emre is certainly not among those names although he deserves to be. He composed in a Turkic language, a language family noted for its love of language, its wordplay and doubling. This is poetry of the highest quality with a down to earth touch resonating with divine love imagery. A must read for anyone interested in religious poetry, bhakti poetry or Sufism.

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5.0 out of 5 stars another priceless gem by a great Master & contemporary of Rumi's, September 17, 2005

By	Yasmin Mansoor "all for superb products" (Palo Alto, CA, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This was such a gem to discover that I felt the need to add to the only 2 reviews included so far. If you like Rumi and other such poets, I think you will equally adore this book despite their having very different styles. The best way to give you a quick sense of Yunus is that when Rumi asked him what he thought of Rumi's 6-book masterpiece, the Mathnawi, he simply said "It's a little long. I would have written it differently." "Oh, how so?" Rumi asked. "I would have written: I came from eternity, clothed myself with skin and bones and called myself 'Yunus'." What I love about these priceless treasures is that you get more and more from them each time you read them so the power and delight are literally endless - my ideal type of book.

4.0 out of 5 stars A deep personal mysticism, March 4, 2008

By	Ivan M. Granger from the Poetry Chaikhana (Boulder, CO, USA) - See all my reviews

I found this book by accident. I had read a single poem by Yunus Emre and, transfixed, I blindly ordered this book of translations by Helminski and Algan. This "sea" is beautiful and deep. His poetry expresses a deep personal mysticism and humanism and love for God. If you like Rumi, do yourself a favor and read this too.