The Essential Rumi

A comprehensive collection of ecstatic poetry filled with energy and passion, The Essential Rumi brings the vibrant, living words of famed thirteenth-century Sufi mystic Jelalludin Rumi to contemporary readers. 

"If Rumi is the most-read poet in America today, Coleman Barks is in good part responsible. His ear for the truly divine madness in Rumi's poetry is truly remarkable." Hustom Smith, author of The World's Religions "Perhaps the world's greatest poet - the gold of Rumi pours down through Colemam's words. The words leap off the page and dance!" Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart