Per Mergan's instructions, I arranged for a room at a charming bed & breakfast in Poughkeepsie, a compact town; more like a village, about two

I put on my designer prescription glasses to soften these sharp Middle Eastern features and in an instant transform into a studious scholar who now

An American official recently called North Korea's “Dear Leader” a tyrannical dictator and his communist country a hellish nightmare. I thoroughly condone such plain, exhilarating

I wrote this poem for my daughter who was tragically killed on a school trip. She was only 15-years old and was the most kindess,

This is my interpretation of a Persian poem by Rumi.. None of the modifications are meant to disrespect or offend Rumi or any one else.