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  6/5/2009 New Poem: The house was quiet and the world was calm, by Wallace Stevens
  6/5/2009 New Poem: This is an exquisite truth:, by Hsu Yun
  6/5/2009 New Poem: What I want is to see your face, by Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi
  6/5/2009 New Poem: When Death Comes, by Mary Oliver
  6/5/2009 New Poem: Above all, donšt wish to become a future Buddha;, by Dogen
  6/5/2009 Change to Poet: Ramprasad (Ramprasad Sen) Biography notes updated.
  6/3/2009 Change to Poem: Let the ascetics sing of the garden of Paradise, by Mirza Ghalib Commentary added.
  6/3/2009 Change to Poet: Mirza Ghalib Biography notes expanded.
  6/1/2009 Change to Poem: Last night, as I was sleeping, by Antonio Machado Commentary expanded.
  6/1/2009 Change to Poem: Clinging to the bell, by Buson Commentary added.
  5/28/2009 New Poem: without seeing sunlight, by Kobayashi Issa
  5/28/2009 New Poem: The Absolute works with nothing, by Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi
  5/27/2009 Change to Poem: At Tower Peak, by Gary Snyder Commentary added.
  5/22/2009 Change to Poem: To learn the scriptures is easy, by Lalla (Lal Ded) Commentary added.
  5/20/2009 Change to Poet: P'ang Yun (Layman P'ang) Bio notes expanded.
  5/20/2009 Change to Poem: When the mind is at peace, by P'ang Yun (Layman P'ang) Commentary expanded.
  5/18/2009 Change to Poem: No end to the journey, by Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi Commentary added.
  5/12/2009 New: New CDs added to the Music list:
- Vedvik/Tillman, Cinematic Volunteer
- Kaymi, Donde se Oculta el Alma
- Angelica Mia Margaret & Sal Rachele, Angels' Jewels of Illumination
  5/11/2009 to Theme: Moon Description expanded.
  5/11/2009 Change to Poem: O nobilissima viriditas / Responsory for Virgins, by Hildegard of Bingen Commentary expanded.
  5/8/2009 Change to: Added poem image to the selected poem on the Poetry Chaikhana homepage.
  5/7/2009 Change to Theme: Rose Description expanded.
  5/6/2009 Change to Poem: How Can I Explain?, by Ivan M. Granger Commentary added.
  5/5/2009 Change to Theme: Garden Description expanded.
  5/4/2009 New: New CDs added to the Music list:
- Chloe Goodchild, Sura
- Chloe Goodchild, Devi
- Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors + Chloe Goodchild, Sundari
  5/4/2009 Change to Poem: The Heat of Midnight Tears, by Mirabai Commentary added.
  5/4/2009 New Poem: The mind is like a reflection in a mirror:, by P'ang Yun (Layman P'ang)
  5/4/2009 New Poem: There is no I and there is no other, by P'ang Yun (Layman P'ang)
  5/3/2009 New Poem: Not for All the Beauty, by John of the Cross
  5/2/2009 Change to: Site Search Capability!

- Added a Google site search capability to all pages!
  5/2/2009 Change to: Redesigned poem pages:

- More open look and feel, but with a more compact design
- Moved side bar to the right
- Incorporated poem images for many poems
  5/1/2009 Change to Poem: A fish cannot drown in water, by Mechthild of Magdeburg Commentary added.
  4/27/2009 Change to Poem: Out of Hiding, by Li-Young Lee Commentary added.
  4/22/2009 Change to Poem: In Praise of the Earth, by John O'Donohue Commentary added.
  4/19/2009 New Poem: On these southern roads, by Buson
  4/19/2009 New Poem: Miles of frost, by Buson
  4/19/2009 New Poem: Short nap, by Buson
  4/19/2009 New Poem: Mountains of Yoshino, by Buson
  4/19/2009 New Poem: This cold winter night, by Buson
  4/19/2009 New Poem: In a bitter wind, by Buson
  4/19/2009 New Poem: The late evening crow, by Buson
  4/19/2009 New Poem: Clinging to the bell, by Buson
  4/19/2009 New Poet: Buson
  4/19/2009 New Poem: at the end of the smoke, by Yamei
  4/19/2009 New Poem: In one shrill cry, by Yamei
  4/19/2009 New Poet: Yamei
  4/19/2009 New Poem: And if, my friend, you ask me the way, by Hakim Sanai
  4/19/2009 New Poem: When he admits you to his presence, by Hakim Sanai
  4/18/2009 New Poem: The soul, like the moon, by Lalla (Lal Ded)
  4/18/2009 New Poem: Playfully, you hid from me, by Lalla (Lal Ded)
  4/18/2009 New Poem: Intense cold makes water ice, by Lalla (Lal Ded)
  4/18/2009 New Poem: Day will be erased in night, by Lalla (Lal Ded)
  4/18/2009 Change to Poet: Lalla (Lal Ded) Biography notes expanded.
  4/17/2009 Change to Poem: Poetry, by Pablo Neruda Commentary added.
  4/15/2009 Change to Poem: He dwells not only in temples and mosques, by Sarmad Commentary added.
  4/15/2009 New Poem: First dawn, by Ivan M. Granger
  4/14/2009 New Poem: In Praise of the Earth, by John O'Donohue
  4/14/2009 New Poem: On Waking, by John O'Donohue
  4/13/2009 New Poem: I have attained the Eternal Bliss, by Kabir
  4/13/2009 New Poem: O Slave, liberate yourself, by Kabir
  4/13/2009 New Poem: I burst into laughter, by Kabir
  4/13/2009 New Poem: Between the conscious and the unconscious, the mind has put up a swing:, by Kabir Commentary added.
  4/12/2009 New: New Music CD added to the Music pages:
- Annapurna, Mother of the Mystery
- Shafqat Ali Khan & Annapurna, Beyond the Beyond
  4/8/2009 Change to Poem: The Gates (from Openings), by Zohar (Moses de Leon) Commentary added.
  4/6/2009 New Poem: 'Tis not in religion I believe, by Sachal Sarmast
  4/6/2009 New Poem: O friend! this is the only way to learn, by Sachal Sarmast
  4/6/2009 New Poem: You by yourself, know what is in your form!, by Sachal Sarmast
  4/6/2009 New Poem: We are, what are we?, by Sachal Sarmast
  4/6/2009 New Poem: Neither did I roll rosary, nor did I ponder and pray, by Sachal Sarmast
  4/6/2009 New Poem: I search in the streets, I cast my sights, by Sachal Sarmast
  4/6/2009 New Poet: Sachal Sarmast
  4/6/2009 Change to Poem: Stranger, by Thomas Merton Poem completed -- the version originally posted was incomplete.
  4/3/2009 Change to Poem: Fortunate Birth, by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche Commentary added.
  4/3/2009 New Poem: Love's conqueror is he, by Hakim Sanai
  4/3/2009 New Poem: Your intellect is just a hotch-potch, by Hakim Sanai


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