Reading of a poem by Hafiz called, The Stairway of Existence,  an excerpt from his book  of poetry called The Gift, Poems by Hafiz the Sufi Master, translated by Daniel Ladinsky. 

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The Riff aspect of these postings can be found on the blog allthedifferentways.com where I've composed thoughts and multimedia responses to these poems are posted. Thank you for listening.     

A riff on these postings can be found on the blog allthedifferentways.com/blog where I've composed thoughts and multimedia responses to this material are posted. Thank you for listening.