The Earth Gods
by Kahlil Gibran
The last book, published while Gibran was still on this earth, passed into the hands of the poet two weeks before he had to put aside all the earthly volumes. For this book, unlike what he felt for any of the others, there was a strange sense of tenderness. "Because," she said, "it was written from the poet's hell, from the process of giving birth and carrying children. This, in my opinion, is one of the greatest poems in speech. The Gods of the Earth, perhaps, is a book for a mystic, a poet's book for poets, an initiative and a dreamer for great dreamers. However, I have known those who pride themselves on being extremely practical and standing on their feet, avoiding the tendency to pronounce the mystical and occult with a book of curiosity and power. And when I was a seven-year-old boy, when I read parts of poetry on request, he always says, "Read again!", which is probably for the almost extraordinary beauty of the music and rhythm.
