What was this poem?
June 19, 2024 4:12 PM Subscribe
At a recent Friends meeting (Quaker), a person quoted from a poem that I think was called Honey from a Stone. It was about parenthood. What was this poem?
I don’t have much more to go on, but the author’s name sounded middle eastern in origin (to me).
I don’t have much more to go on, but the author’s name sounded middle eastern in origin (to me).
Quakers, in my experience, love Rumi. Could it have been this:
Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round
in another form. The child weaned from mother’s milk
now drinks wine and honey mixed.
I can't find a poem specifically called "Honey from a Stone," so I'm probably off-base but thought I'd toss Rumi into the mix for your own searching.
posted by Well I never at 5:03 PM on June 19 [1 favorite]
Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round
in another form. The child weaned from mother’s milk
now drinks wine and honey mixed.
I can't find a poem specifically called "Honey from a Stone," so I'm probably off-base but thought I'd toss Rumi into the mix for your own searching.
posted by Well I never at 5:03 PM on June 19 [1 favorite]
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posted by y2karl at 4:22 PM on June 19 [2 favorites]