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The Book of Clouds

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The Book of Clouds is a collection of English-language Sufi poetry. This compilation of ghazals, quatrains, and qasidas praises and describes Divine love, loss, insight, gratitude, and mystery, bringing the forms, themes, and images of classical Islamicate poetry into English verse. The volume seeks to demonstrate the unique power of this tradition of thinking and speaking to sing what can not be said but must be expressed.

152 pages, Paperback

Published May 3, 2024

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Oludamini Ogunnaike

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September 13, 2024
Exactly the devastating love poetry I was looking for. Modern take on a Sufi/ghazal style
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February 15, 2025
A beautiful book of poetry to read and read again. The subjects and rhyme schemes are beautiful, heartbreaking, moving.
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