After Shams was extinguished, Rumi fell into a deep state of grief and gradually out of that pain outpoured nearly 70,000 verses of poetry almost all in Persian that are collected in two epic books.

The ecstatic poems of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Persian poet and Sufi master born 807 years ago in 1207, have sold millions of copies in recent years, making him the most popular poet in the US.

Born in what is now Afghanistan, the poet Jalaluddin Rumi was reviled by the Taliban because of his poems about love, sex, nature, loss, longing and other subjects that the now-deposed regime ...

Quick, name the most popular poet in the United States. The appeal of Rumi, a 13th century spiritual teacher whose Farsi verse is revered and recited throughout Iran and Central Asia, isn't merely ...

Long-awaited animated feature 'Lamya's Poem' has unveiled its first trailer. ... and looks to a gifted book of poetry by the famous 13th-century poet, Rumi, as a source of strength.

Dr. Leo Parvis, a cultural diversity/global studies professor at Dunwoody Technical College and “Eye on Diversity” columnist for the Chaska Herald, has recently released a book of translated ...