“The Master” published in Osho News

I’m so proud to share that my prose poem, “The Master,” from Only Flying, has been published in Osho News! This piece is about the most beautiful dream I ever had, a dream whose essence lingered over my waking life for weeks, a fragrance of roses drifting in from the windows of the beyond. Read it here: “The Master”

“Ghazal for Osho” published in Osho News

With Ullas at my sanyas celebration, Nainital, 2002

I’m thrilled to share that “Ghazal for Osho” has been published in Osho News. Some poems are tough; this love poem for Osho nearly wrote itself. It’s such a joy to see it find a home where my fellow sanyasins will find it. Ghazal for Osho

“Ghazal on Fire” selected as finalist for Orison Spiritual Literature Award in Poetry

I’m proud to share that my poem, “Ghazal on Fire,” was selected as one of five finalists for the 2024 Orison Spiritual Literature Award in Poetry. I have never been drawn to poetic forms of any kind; they always felt like rules. But ghazals are different—so difficult and strange that they bring the imagination to unexpected places. I’m falling in love with them.