Poet Robert Bly on The Great Persian Poets ; Hafez and Rumi ; Interviewed by Bill Moyers

“Rumi and Hafez have been the guiding light, Rumi especially, of American poetry for the last five or ten years. But also it seems to me that if we’re ...criticizing the Muslim world so much, we should be able to give thanks for the genius that is , this is Persian poetry-14th century. “The foods turned out by the factors of time and space are not all that great. Bring some wine because good things of this world are not all that great.“ Robert Bly, American poet