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Paul Sutherland

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in Hamilton Ontario Canada, Canada

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Poetry, Poetry, Poetry

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June 2012

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Paul Abdul Wadud Sutherland is a Canadian-British poet and Sufi aspirant whose work spans over five decades of devotion to language, landscape, and the inner life. A follower of Shaykh Nazim al Haqqani, his poetry moves between the physical world and the spiritual, between the exile's perspective and the seeker's surrender. His books include Journeying published by Valley Press, Servant of the Loving One published by Beacon Books, and Only Worlds forthcoming in a new edition. His work has been celebrated by the Sufi community and serious readers of contemplative literature across the UK, North America, and beyond. ...more

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	Poems on the Life of the Prophet Muhammad: Composed During Ramadan and Shawwal 2012 by Paul Abdul Wadud Sutherland, Paul Sutherland (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Only Words it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journeying 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children's Routes and Red Streamers it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Servant of the Loving One by Paul Abdul Wadud Sutherland, Paul Sutherland (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Leopard and The Sea Turtle by Paul Abdul Wadud Sutherland, Paul Sutherland (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seven Earth Odes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Paul Sutherland liked Hellen's review of Journeying: "Journeying is a collection of rare and lasting power. Paul Sutherland, Canadian-British poet and Sufi aspirant, has crafted what may be the defining work of his fifty-year writing career a book that uses physical movement as the architecture for some" Read more of this review »
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Paul Sutherland rated a book it was amazing Journeying by Paul Sutherland (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Paul Sutherland liked Mohammad Labid Hossain 's review of Poems on the Life of the Prophet Muhammad: Composed During Ramadan and Shawwal 2012: "এখানে থাকা কবিতাগুলোর মধ্যে ৪ টা অসাধারণ লেগেছে "
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Paul Sutherland is now following Mohammad Labid Hossain and Helen Hagon
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Paul Sutherland made a comment on 'Child Roots' by Paul Abdul Wadud Sutherland — Child Roots? Explored from an Islamic point of view " Child Roots by Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Paul Sutherland’s collection of poems in this book indicates the poetic style of his age. His themes, however, are subt ...more "
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Reviewed by: Antony Owen Upon reading Paul Sutherland’s masterful New & Selected Poems by Valley Press, an extract from the poem Where Are You by Jean-Louis N-Tadi helped summon up the impression it made upon me: Where are you, Brothers, sisters, sons ...more
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The author explores the world of children — and by extension, parents and grandparents — with a rare sensibility, originality and frankness. Richard Lance Keeble
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