In this section, I want to introduce you to some of my poetry. The poems you read here will be included in an anthology that I'm releasing as a collector's edition, toward the end of 2005.
The poems follow a particular strand of the Sufi mystic tradition, where the love expressed in them can be seen as the romantic love for one person, or as the Greater Love of mankind itself for the Creator of the universe.
In poetry, as in my prose work, I'm something of a neo-classicist. I follow a complex rhyming structure, and arrange all of my allegorical, symbolical, and metaphorical elements in accordance with an elaborately articulated artistic matrix. Later in the year, I'll be publishing an essay on the exegesis of my poetic method. Any of you (I realise that this is likely to be a minuscule number) who might want to read that essay, will find news of its publication in the MY NEWS section, toward the end of 2005.
Until then, I hope that you can sit back, relax, and enjoy my romantic poetry in the true Sufi spirit.
November's Poem
This month's (long-overdue: sorry to the many fans who've asked for a new poem) poem proceeds from the same Sufi tradition that has always captured my imagination.
In all the Sufi poetry and mystical writings, there is the obvious, romantically passionate level of understanding. But there's also a deeper layer of interpretation, where the writing relates to the poet's love for God.
I hope you enjoy the poem - and fans of Shantaram may notice that there's a line from the novel embedded in this poem.
Love,
Greg.
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