The Snowflake Chronicles

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Anaphora poem is a poem that uses repetition. The first part of line one is deliberate repeated in second line of the stanza. This is repeated throughout the poem with the first part of the first line of each stanza being repeat in the next two or three lines. This type of poem does or does not have a rhyme scheme. This poem can have any subject or length.

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9 April – 27 April

‘Alá’ - Loftiness
Thoughts on the Fast

All the Holy Ones fasted
         from appetites of the flesh.

They walked
         the stone strewn path of faith
         the blood soaked path of love.

The spread
         the spiritual loftiness of...

About this Form: Free Verse
Notes about this poem: 2 March – 20 March; Month of the Fast; Fasting is for nineteen days from sunup to sundown.

Meditation on the Holy Spirit
or Meditation on the Presence of Baha'u'llah

A healing prayer's words
sang in the cool of evening.

The sweet perfection
of a hot mug of cafe mocha
on a cold winter's morning.

The echoes of God's
names reverberating through
the sacred scriptures.

It is the might of
electricity flowing
across my spirit.

It is the will of
a seed pushing through the soil.

It is the knowledge
of the entire universe
encoded in a silicon chip.

It is the power
of an atom splitting in
the gravity well of a black hole.

It is the speech of
a nightingale echoing
from the Tree of Life.

It is the questions
God asks the concourse of the
faithful on the day of resurrection.

It is the honor
of recognizing Christ on
the day of His return.

The sovereignty of

The dominion of

The loftiness of

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The year acquires/acquired and extra second.