"lighten and uplift them, so that they may soar on the wings of the Divine verses" -Baha'u'llah

Poetry 

   
The Candle
By John Wiegley
A poem, using the well-known metaphor of a candle to depict the heights of mystic love -- in which the lover becomes as nothing in devotion to his friend. > GO TO POEM

Vision and Consecrated Joy
By Ron Price
"On or about December 1910 human character changed." wrote Virginia Woolf in The Modern World. > GO TO POEM

Recognition
By George Townshend
A tribute by a renowned Bahá'í writer and figure. > GO TO POEM

Reflections on Scarborough Fair
By Doris V. Lorkins
A poem written after attending UK Bahá'í Festival at Scarborough in 2002. The title was A Change of Time, with videos shown of Bahá'ís - Ordinary Heroes. > GO TO POEM

A Glorious Emergence
By Ron Price
1937 was a big year for Dizzy Gillespie. It was a big year for the Baha'i community. 1937 was the year that the formal and organized teaching Plans of the Baha'i community began.  In 1937 Dizzy went to New York.  It was here that he met Charlie Parker who also came to New York three years later in 1940.  > GO TO POEM

Cradle of Our Faith - O Land Of Ta
By Sandra Karusky
In remembrance of the Land of Ta (Iran cradle of the Faith) > GO TO POEM

Changes in Humanity
By Laili Fink
Another look at the past and the future. > GO TO POEM

Centres of Interest
By Ron Price
For the Baha'i who lives in Australia or indeed in any one of many of the countries of the world and who writes a great deal of poetry, there are four places or centres of interest to which they can turn: Iran, Israel, America and a disparate array of sites across the surface of the earth. > GO TO POEM

The Promised Day is Come
By Sandra Karusky
A poem prayer to honor the Blessed Beauty at this time of world events. > GO TO POEM

Presence of Life
By John Fletcher
This author has recently been accepted to be published in a book from the "National Poets Society". > GO TO POEM

An Answering Gait
BY Larry Gates
Written after rereading, from Ernie & Rose Lopez’ copy, the first chapter of Asking Questions, by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani. > GO TO POEM

Breathless
By A.A.
Read a poem dedicated to Bahá'u'lláh, written and submitted by one of our visitors. > GO TO POEM


 

 

 

 

 

 


    

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