Persis M. Karim's "Rumi’s Conversation with Shams on the Occasion of his 800th Birthday"

Persis M. Karim won 2nd place in the Split This Rock Poetry contest judged by Kyle G. Dargan for her poem, "Ways to Count the Dead." (Check it out - along with the other winners - here.) I hadn't been familiar with her work previous to the contest, so it was with great pleasure that I came upon "Rumi’s Conversation with Shams on the Occasion of his 800th Birthday" at Pedestal Magazine. Highly recommended - a good tonic for today.