AHMED TOSLIM ARTS PROJECT
Poetry. Philosophy. Arts.
A living journal of thought and creation.
"You" is important
Humane
As I see human attachments and people’s sense of acknowledgement of someone’s presence, it surprises me in so many ways.
Meraki
"Nothing my Friend is lost in creativity. It all embraces us differently. Our job is to merely hug it back." - Don G Anton, July 2022.
~ Don & Ahmed's Continued Conversation on Life, Art and Creativity.
Thoughts
Our mind is so powerful that, of the things in our control, we can achieve anything we imagine. Accept that some things are just out of our control.
Book, release, and content preview
Mahasamaya
Book Signing Event
NavaKrishna Geet - a poem in Mahasamaya
Poetry
Philosophy
art photography
MEDIA
Literature / Philosophy
- Daily Sun. (2023, June 15). Review of Mahasamaya: Ahmed Toslim’s poetic and philosophical style. daily-sun
- University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Department of English and Humanities. (2023, June 15). Publications & events report. Department of English and Humanities
Events / Readings
- The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes. (n.d.). Poets in Play — Featured Reading: Ahmed Toslim. Earts
- The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes. (n.d.). Poets in Play 2023–2024 (program page) [Author bio note: philosophy, epistemology, devotion, poetic expression]. Earts
- Le Kim Associates, & Souma Chaudhury. (2025, February 8). Unspoken Soul [Instagram post]. Headliners: Ahmed Toslim & Baba Ayanfodun; Sat., Feb. 8, 5–8 pm. Instagram
- Corning Area Chamber of Commerce. (n.d.). Poets in Play featuring Ahmed Toslim [Event listing]. corningny.com
- NewsBangla24 Editor. (2022, July 20). Ahmed Toslim’s poetry “Mahasamaya” at the New York Book Fair. NewsBangla24.
- Staff Correspondent. (2022, July 22). Ahmed Toslim’s poetry book at the American book fair. Narayanganj Post.
On the bank of the Brahmaputra
By the Brahmaputra, at the Saint’s Abode
I sat with the sage, in silence profound.
“Write,” he said.
“But I have no pen or paper,” I replied.
“Then write within your mind,” he said.
So I did. And poems began to emerge.
Now, I don’t even try.
The words come on their own—
I simply jot them down sometimes,
Threading a garland
Of letters and sound.
June 2022
Ahmed Toslim spent significant time with the Sadhus and Sufis of Bengal, especially in the Ashrams of Langalbandh by the sacred Brahmaputra River and at the Baba Lokenath Brahmachari Ashram in Baradi. He also traveled with Baul singers, joining their Sufi-inspired musical journeys.