Writing in Snow

Friday, August 4, 2017

Istiqlál (Independence), 5 Kamál (Perfection) 174 Badi - Friday, August 4, 2017 CE

"O My Friend in Word!
Ponder awhile. Hast thou ever heard that friend and foe should abide in one heart? Cast out then the stranger, that the Friend may enter His home."

Bahá’u’lláh1

I'm not sure what to write about this scripture because I need to meditate on it for a little longer. I haven't spent that much time meditating on it today. I'm going to have to withdraw from "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"  so I can focus on "Game of Thrones"  and "Bicentenary Poems and Prose" . In addition, the only things I'm going to be posting to "Melting Snow"  and my offsite blog is poems that I've already written and have copies of here at home. I just need to cut down on my writing. I will post to some contests and finish the newsletter, but other then that I'll just focus on reviewing and writing poetry.

Today's Reviews for "Game of Thrones" 

Review of "Kalamity"
Review of "The Awakening"
Review of "The Rescue of Brunel"
Invalid Review

Peace approaches
through the smoke of Armageddon.

In the voice of a Nightingale,
peace calls to us,
its song
rising above the chaos
of death.

Completed and Uncompleted Poems Dedicated to The Blessed Beauty
Posted in "Bicentenary Poems and Prose" 

Completed Poems 1 to 104, 106, 119, 123, 129, 131 Total Written = 109
Uncompleted Poems 105, 107 to 118, 120 to 122, 124 to 128, 130, 132 To Finish = 23 + 45 = 68 Day left 79
To the Blessed Beauty (1) Bahá, (2) Jalál, (3) Jamál, (4) ‘Aẓamat, (5) Núr, (6) Raḥmat, (7) Kalimát, (8) Kamál, (9) Asmá’, (10)‘Izzat, (11) Mashíyyat, (12) ‘Ilm, (13) Qudrat, (14) Qawl, (15) Masá’il, (16) Sharaf, (17) Sulṭán, (18) Mulk, (19) ‘Alá’, (20) Fiḍál, (21) ‘Idál, (22) Istijlál, and (23) Istiqlál.

Footnotes
1  Bahái Words for August 4, 2017.