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Kahlil Gibran: The Forerunner  "When you were a wandering desire in the mist, I too was there, a wandering desire. Then we sought one another, and out of our eagerness dreams were born."
-Kahlil Gibran, Untitled, page 1

In reality, this book is a collection of 25 poems and parables, rather than 24. The first poem, which is untitled, is not listed in the table of contents and is not indicated as an introduction or preface. This first untitled poem appears on pages 1 and 2, and could be aptly titled, "The Forerunner".

In this first untitled poem, Gibran speaks to us in his usual, beautiful fashion of life and death, of love and desire, and of birth and rebirth. He asserts that we are all our own forerunners, meaning that we originate from nothing less than ourselves, our own spirit, and our own karma.
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"Then Life uttered us and we came down the years throbbing with memories of yesterday and with longing for tomorrow, for yesterday was death conquered and tomorrow was birth pursued."
-Kahlil Gibran, untitled, page 2

The Forerunner, was published three years prior to Gibran's most famous work, The Prophet. Occasionally, the poems and parables within The Forerunner are not the best examples of the highly polished writing that most are accustomed to from Kahlil Gibran. However, even the most casual reader of Gibran will find the contents worthwhile and will note that he often slightly changes style within the book. This is evident in the parable of The Scholar And The Poet, where he depicts the scholar as an all-wise, but perhaps evil, serpent. The poet, on the other hand, is symbolized as a songbird in the form of a lark. In The Scholar And The Poet, Gibran appears to be heavily influenced by The King James Bible, not only in his use of the symbol of the serpent, but also in the language the two exchange:

"Said the serpent to the lark, 'Thou flyest, yet thou canst not visit the recesses of the earth where the sap of life moveth in perfect silence.'

"And the lark answered, 'Aye, thou knowest over much, nay thou art wiser than all things wise--pity thou canst not fly.'"
-page 41

In addition to the poems and parables, The Forerunner contains five drawings created by Gibran. In a letter to May Ziadeh in 1920 he spoke of one of them in particular:

"The book, Towards God, is still in the mist factory, and its best drawing is in The Forerunner..."

Kahlil Gibran was a great master at expressing deep spiritual insight into the human condition. This book contains some of his most wonderful writings such as, "God's Fool", "The Greater Self", and "Out Of My Deeper Heart". Admirer's of Kahlil Gibran will appreciate these earlier writings. As always, Kahlil Gibran speaks to our greater selves with a profound sense of love and humility.

Brian Douthit
Eyes Of The Poet: Love and Passion in Lasting Splendor (Editor)

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