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From Wheat to Bread

This series was inspired by verse 18 of book 1 of Mathnavi, which literally translated says:

State of the cooked is beyond the raw
The wise in silence gladly withdraw

Some poems were inspired by the poet's own experiences; others by poets in Farsi or other languages.

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