For the story behind this week’s choice of poem, click here. Poem excerpt from One-Handed Basket Weaving, by Rumi I’ve said before that every craftsman searches for what’s not there to practice his craft. A builder looks for the rotten hole where the roof caved in. A water-carrier picks the empty pot. A carpenter stops at the … Continue reading Poem of the Week, by Jalal al-Din Rumi
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