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really believed that Khalil Gibran's, Love Letters in the Sand, would be a much shorter read, It wasn't a long read but, I found myself slowing down, taking in, and really feeling each piece presented.
The writing has a nice flow, the font is easy on the eyes, and each piece leaves you reflecting on what you just read.
There is no preaching or any of that "deep" poetry that leaves you confused, Yet, I did find myself thinking and not in that whole college level thinking about the world around me but, thinking about me and envisioning

myself at peace in the world.


And I liked that,

I'll be reading this book many times over maybe while wearing a long flowing skirt and a thick sweater while drinking hot tea on a cold misty morning or, maybe while sitting under a cloudless blue sky while the sun's warmth dances across my shoulders.
It is that type of book that provokes this type of thinking, This is a Cliff's Notes version of Khalil Gibran, For the poems and quotes that are included in this collection I would actually give itstars, but the beautiful calligraphy that accompanies the text makes this book astar.


Recommended for light reading and those who want a taste of Gibran, someone said, "deep . only for people with deep deep deep thinking, " indeed. loved the caligraphy with the poems i found this hidden gem of a book in a secondhand bookshop, and i knew immediately that it would be one to cherish.
ive been meaning to read some of gibrans poetry for some time now and this was a perfect introduction to his work.
its a simple and evocative collection of beautiful poems on the meaning and experience of love, joy and the important moments of daily life, and each poem is accompanied with striking arabic calligraphy composed by the contemporary artist lassaâd metoui.


the collection is short and sweet and i finished reading it quickly, but i found myself perusing my favourite poems long afterwards, and ill definitely be flicking through this from time to time.
the line that stood out to me in particular was but memory is an autumn leaf that murmurs a while in the wind and then is heard no more ltfrom a few of his works incredible excerpts and beautiful calligraphy.
I bought this from the British Museum at a beautiful calligraphy exhibit in, favorites:
The springtime of love
One minute of love
Joy/Value
The act is the image of love
Revelation
Friend
Path/Soul deep.
only for people with deep deep deep thinking a deceptively simple book of love poems that you'll be finished inminutes flat, but then something interesting happens you'll find yourself replaying phrases and poems and thinking about the underlying meanings in the text.
Before you know it you'll be thinking about your own ideas of the meaning of Love This is a beautiful and moving book that I am going to purchase a copy of borrowed this one from the library so I can return to it again and again to enjoy it some more.
Khalil Gibran's writings about love are sweet and beautiful, inspiring and sometimes sad, while the calligraphy illustrations are truly stunning.
I am thinking of enlarging some of these gorgeous drawings and framing them for my home, I'd like to learn to read Arabic just so I can understand these beautifully and artistically written words, This is a book to cherish and peruse again and again, Beautifully written without becoming too overly sentimental,

"I want to die from longing, and never
live in boredom, I want there to be,
in the depth of my soul,
a hunger for love and beauty.

As I observe mankind, I see
that those who are satisified are the most
wretched, and the most attached to matter.

I have also heard the sighs of those
who are full of desire and longing
and have found in them a gentleness
sweeter than the sweetest melody.
" Captivating, thoughtprovoking poemssome darker than others, Exquisite calligraphy. Sorrow is just a wall between two gardens,

The heart with its ramified feelings,
Is like a cedar with spreading branches
If the céder lose a strong branch,
It suffers but does not die
It carries its vital energy
To the neighboring branch
That will grow and fill the void
With its young green twigs Love is quivering happiness.
The moment I stumbled upon this book, covered in dust, in a huge library of my uncle who is an Ambassador at Europe I was flabbergasted.
This book really intrigued me! I wasat the time, and this exposure really provided me with a foundation to agnize my own hidden potentials at romantic writings and poetry, too.

I really admire Khalil Gibran, I highly recommend this book to everyone who loves poetry, His thoughts are awesome.
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I have also read extensive works of his, and also his biography,
beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Everything! That's great no comennt, . . !!! When love beckons you, follow him
Though his ways are hard and steep,
And when his wings enfold you, yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may
wound you.

And when he speaks to you,
believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams
as the north wind lays waste the garden,

To melt and be like a running brook that sings its
melody to the night,
To know the pain of too much tenderness,
To be wounded by your own understanding of love
And to bleed willingly and joyfully,
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give
thanks for another day of longing

But memory
is an autumn leaf that murmurs
a while in the wind and then
is heard no more.


For life goes no backward
nor tarries with yesterday

gifted this to my friend on their birthday.
its a beautiful book and their reaction was super entertaining Brilliant I wish there was a little more commentary on the poetry.
So I have a vague desire to make my writing a bit more poetic, so Im trying to read more poetry, I guess.
Picked up on a whim, Letters in the Sand: The Love Poems of Khalil Gibran is a neat mix of short love poems and beautiful Arabic calligraphy by Lassaâd Metoui.


Some of the poems were a bit too airy for me, an Gibran is definitely of the love is a special kind of anguish school of thought.
But some of them were definitely quite poignant:



Love one another,
but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between
the shores of
your souls.




The feelings we live through
in love and in loneliness
are simply, for us,
what hide tide
and low tide are to the sea



Sorrow is just a wall
between two gardens

Not the original but collection of his works.
Some are from The Prophet, Nevertheless, I understand Gibran a little bit more optimistic and patient,

“Where are you now, my beloved
Do you hear my weeping
From beyond the ocean
Do you understand my need
Do you know the greatness of my patience” Optimistic and wise, these love poems convey a mystical certainty of the arrival of love, while dramatizing the search for a soul mate that takes place in daily life, the imagination, and dreams.
Inviting reflection on the meaning of love and eloquently rendering the chain of moments that the experience of love leads us through, this famous inspirational poet channels the same proverbial simplicity and lyrical beauty that made his poem "The Prophet" instantly and internationally loved.

Beautiful, wiser never ever gets old picked this up and really read it for the first time since it was gifted to me by an ex years ago.
the beauty of the language is only outmatched by the drawings that incorporate Arabic characters, loved the simplicity and candor of the poetry in contrast with the intricacy and mystery of the visual components.
ultimately both evoke such deep feeling, it was easy to drift off ruminating on the greater questions of life, love, and beauty.


bits that stood out on this read:
"Love is quivering happiness"

"Hearts united in pain and sorrow / will not be separated by joy and happiness.
/ Bonds that are woven in sadness / are stronger than the ties of joy and pleasure, / Love that is washed by tears / will remain eternally pure and beautiful, "

"Sorrow is just a wall between two gardens" Even though the poems he wrote in this book is simple.
But the meanings behind them are profound and inspiring, One walk through this mystical book of "Love Letters in the Sand" would allow you to reignite with your lost soul.
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