<div dir="ltr"><font size="4">Dear Community ~ </font><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">I've been busy combing through my poetry files the past few days, planning to read in Mendocino on March 29th at the monthly poetry reading, and ran across this beautiful Rumi piece that compels me to share with my dear friends in the Mendo/Fort Bragg area. Rumi does the real thing. Peace, love and harmony to all...</font><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">~ Ed </font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">ON A DAY WHEN THE WIND IS PERFECT</span></u><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></p><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:14pt">On a day</span></div><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">when the wind is perfect,</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty.</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">Today is such a</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">day.</span></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></p><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:14pt">My eyes are like the sun that makes
promises;</span></div><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">the promise of life</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">that it always</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">keeps</span></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:14pt">each morning.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></p><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:14pt">The living heart gives to us as does
that luminous sphere,</span></div><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">both caress the earth with great</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">tenderness.</span></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></p><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:14pt">This is a breeze that can enter the
soul.</span></div><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">This love I know plays a drum. Arms move around me;</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">who can contain </span>their self<span style="font-size:14pt"> before my beauty?</span></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></p><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:14pt">Peace is wonderful,</span></div><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">but ecstatic dance is more fun, and less narcissistic;</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">gregarious He makes our lips.</span></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></p><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:14pt">On a day when the wind is perfect,</span></div><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">the sail just needs to open</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">and the love starts.</span></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></p><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:14pt">Today is such</span></div><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">a day.</span></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;text-indent:0.5in"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;text-indent:0.5in">~ Rumi
~</span></p></div></div></div>