This poem is from a collection of modern adaptions of the writings of Hafiz entitled “I Heard God Laughing” by Daniel Ladinsky.
How Does It Feel to Be a Heart?
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Once a young woman asked me,
“How does it feel to be a man?”
And I replied,
“My dear,
I am not sure.”
Then she said,
“Well, aren’t you a man?”
And this time [...]
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I Bet God
February 20, 2008
Daniel Ladinsky is an American poet who creates contemporary interpretations from the writings and poems of ancient spiritual mystics. I love his poems. They have emotion and heart, the language is wonderful, and they can be both funny and incredibly tender. And okay, they’re short in length and I’m all about the short poems. Long [...]

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