Devotional Poetry

Proclaiming Baha'u'llah's Name (19 poems)

Proclaiming Baha'u'llah's Name

1

Joy excels
and time stands still
tilling the garden of God.

2

Happiness
is memorized scripture verses
echoing through my mind,
and giving my tongue words.

3

My soul sings
proclaiming Christ Returned
in the Glory of the Father.

4

I intone
the delight
of finding Baha'u'llah.

5

It is better to guide a single soul
To the Tree of Divine Unity
Then to possess the world.

6

Abundant joy
results from speaking
the name of Baha'u'llah.

7

Blazoning
the name of the Blessed Beauty
attracts the confirmation of the Concourse on High.

8

Heaven blessed,
the Las Vegas Baha'i Center,
is a candle giving light.

9

Petal by petal
we scatter flowers across
the threshold of love.

10

Drop by drop
love anoints the Earth
with the scarlet wine of faith.

11

Out of Zion goes forth God's law,
Upon Carmel has descended the New Jerusalem,
Its white marble dome reflecting the light of God.

12

A new day has dawned,
The Promised One has come,
Out of the ashes of destruction,
Is resurrected the world of creation.

13

Crystal mirror shining resplendently;
Glory glowing radiant planet wide;
God's light reflected to matter;
Deity's knowledge imparted to humanity.

14

Who is Baha'u'llah?
Answered in silence
The reality of Christ Returned
The mirror of divinity

15

All things are made new
Through Baha'u'llah.

16

The Promised One of all religions,
He raised work
To a sacred station.

17

The revealer of Divine attributes
God's Manifestation.

18

The solution
to the problems facing humanity
is Baha'u'llah!

19

Mirror of Divinity
Reflecting love to the quacking atom

Poet's Note: ▼

I wrote this in 150 B.E. The original title was "Teaching the Faith". While I was transcribing this poem, I rewrote some of the lines and stanzas.