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Poetry Wrote Over Several Years on Spiritual, Religious, and Devotional Subjects. |
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Devotional Poetry My Search I Into the mystic realm, I let my mind take flight, Over stone strewn highways, I search the endless night. I was the Wanderer, Looking for a goal, And the Seeker, Searching for my soul. I walked the roads of idle fancy, Paths of material delight, Stumbling over stones of vain imaginings, In my search for the light. A voice deep within me cried: "Here doesn't lay your goal, Upon these darkened pathways, You'll never find your sou." II Into the mystic realm, Again my mind took flight, Over well traveled highways, I search the misty twilight. I was a Seeer, Seeking an unknown goal, And a Stranger, To my own soul. In this realm of half-light, I strolled the roads of tradition, Picking my way carefully, Through the shadows of superstition. Still from within came the cry: "Not in this realm is your goal, Upon these half-lit pathways, You'll never find your soul" III Into the mystic realm, Again I took flight, And walked the paths, Where God has shed His light. I walked the hallowed highways, Trod by the Prophets of old, Strolled the ancient paths, Strewn with nuggets of pure gold. This is the wondrous realm, Where all paths become one, This is the glorious land, Illuminated by God's sun. Through the Word of God, I have found my soul, In the Messenger for this age, I have found my goal. Poet's Note: ▼ |
19 Poems For Baha'u'llah December 25, 2018 at 9:40pm 1
Baha'u'llah
B efore I heard His wonderful name,
A ll life was an endless parlor game.
H opelessnes was an every present friend,
A lways suggesting a violent end.
' twas when I heard His glorious name,
U niting all religions within God's plan,
' twas then I let faith's undying flame.
L ife's no longer bogged in matter's mire,
L ove has given it a new attire.
A ccepting God's Prophet for today,
H as led my soul to God's narrow wa... [Read more] Unity Meditation: Two Versions December 15, 2018 at 4:28pm Unity Meditation:
Version One
I
Humanity's solidarity
The next stage in human evolution
II
Divine unity
Makes no distinction
Between the revealers of God's light
III
Today
The oneness of humanity
Is the pivot of reality
IV
God's oneness
Admits the validity
Of each of His Manifestations
V
God's plan
The unification of all humanity
In one common faith
VI
The unity of nations
Is a sign of humanity's maturity
VII ... [Read more] Who Remembers October 29, 2018 at 6:53pm Who Remember:
A Meditation on the Creation of the Universe
Who remember the silence,
as it was,
before BE echoes
through the void.
Who remembers the silence,
that flowed
in ebony torrents
across the embryonic universe.
Who remembers the void,
as it was,
before the primordial atom trembled
in anticipation of destruction.
Who remembers the void,
that expired
at the moment of creation
and was reborn at the instant of destruction.
{dropnote:"Poet's Note:"}I ... [Read more] Question for My Soul October 29, 2018 at 1:58pm Question For My Soul
Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
hope thou in God:
for I shall yet praise him
for the help of his countenance.
Psalm 42:5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
My spirit is beset by afflictions;
My heart weighed down by lamentations;
My soul pays dearly for sin collections;
Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
hope thou in God:
He has sent His love to each generation;
He has sent His laws to each dispensation;
He has sent one of his Manifestations;... [Read more] Quays of Space and Time October 28, 2018 at 9:26pm Quays of Space and Time
There are worlds only soul can touch,
beyond the limits of our race:
Worlds too distant for our eyes to see,
too small for our hands to grasp,
Or to large for our strides to cross;
where Jehovah by other names is known.
We feel the echoes of these worlds,
in dreams that haunt our deepest sleep;
in dreams that beckon us to flee
matter's insecurity
and ride on particles of light.
There are dimensions only soul can see,
beyond the touch of mattered ... [Read more] Religious Questions February 19, 2022 at 6:04pm 1
Where Will You Be For Eternity?
Bumper Sticker
Are you wrapped in God's eternal faith,
assured of immortal sovereignty,d
while bound to this material lath?
Where will you be for eternity?
Hove you rejected God's Promised One;
or brought yourself down to poverty,
through obedience to matter's wrath?
Where will you be for eternity?
Do you see with the eyes of unity,
the revealers of God's ancient faith?
Where will you be for eternity?
Is physical lif... [Read more] Religion Renewed October 28, 2018 at 7:45pm Religion Renewed:
To The Bab and Baha'u'llah
Why does the night deepen?
To fight the day's rising splendor!
Why does the sky bleed?
The glory of the Beloved!
Who scatters dawn's rays?
The atoms of its beauty!
What makes morning cold?
Shedding its grandeur into
space earth bleeds for the Beloved!
Who ignites the dawn?
Rays of living light
dispel the legions of night!
{dropnote:"Poet's Note:"}I wrote this sometime in 150 B.E. The inspiration ... [Read more] We Are Earth October 27, 2018 at 11:33pm We Are Earth
We are Earth!
We are the dendrites and axons
composing the planet's brain.
We are Earth!
We are the nerve cell
Uniting the hemispheres of thought.
We are Earth!
We are the elements
composing the planet's soul.
We are Earth!
We are of many colors.
We are humanity,
and we are the Earth.
{dropnote:"Poet's Note:"}I wrote this sometime in 151 B.E.
... [Read more] Well Done October 27, 2018 at 11:05pm Well Done:
To William Sears
Well done
faithful servant
of the Glory of God.
Death is no tragedy
when met in the service
of the Beloved:
Well done!
{dropnote:"Poet's Note:"}I begin this in 149 B.E. and finished it in 175 B.E. For Hand of the Cause William Sears.
... [Read more] Varieties of Existence October 25, 2018 at 4:04pm Varieties of Existence:
Two Interrelated Poems
Poem 1:
Philosophical Questions
Are we images
in somebody else's dream;
illusions to be dispelled
with a waking scream?
Is this incongruity,
that we call reality,
part of a greater existence?
The varieties of existence
are limited
to the stations of
Deity,
Prophethood,
and Servitude.
The darkness quivers,
as the rising light dispels
the legions of hate.
Poem 2:
Meditation on Existence
Deity
... [Read more] We Are Humanity October 23, 2018 at 4:57pm We Are Humanity
I
We are humanity!
The Children of Seth,
Among us God's Prophets have walked.
In their day,
We accepted each Prophet,
Obeying their laws and commands.
We are the martyrs,
In every age,
Who died willingly for God's Faith.
II
We are humanity!
The Children of Cain,
We slay our brothers every day.
In their day,
We persecuted each Prophet,
Disbelieving the words they spoke.
We are the murders,
In every age,
Who slew the Prophet and the Fai... [Read more] Thankgiving Everyday and Thanksgiving Spirit February 22, 2019 at 9:24pm Thanksgiving Everyday
Let us be
like the Native Americans,
who every morning
give thanks to the Great Spirit.
Can you imagine
how God feels
to receive thanks only once a year
for His daily blessings.
If at dawn you rise
and speak His name in thanks,
you will celebrate Thanksgiving
everyday of the year.
Thanksgiving Spirit
It is in the sharing
of our blessings that God,
in all His names is worshiped.
{dropnote:"Poet's Note:"}I wrote the first poem in 1... [Read more] Out of Africa January 18, 2021 at 1:57pm Out of Africa
I
Within the mist of time
the reason hides
that first caused our migration
out of Africa,
and generated evolution's color change.
II
Africa,
the Motherland,
out of her rich soil their grew a tree,
whose boughs and branches overshadowed planet Earth.
A tree,
whose exquisite blossoms
produce humanity's finest fruits.
Out of Africa
The allegory is in our myths and Holy Books:
we were created a single species--
the poof is in the ti... [Read more] Waiting Masses October 16, 2018 at 2:05pm Waiting Masses:
Waiting for the Return of Christ
They wait
in churches throughout the world
for Christ to return.
They pray
to the Heavenly Father
begging for this boon.
They cry
tears of blood
because He has not came.
He came
fulfilling God's Covenant
with humanity.
He walked
on Carmel Mountain
bring the New Jerusalem to Earth.
{dropnote:"Poet's Note:"}This was originally written sometime in 149 B.E. It was inspired by Baha'u'llah, the Glor... [Read more] Meditation on the Power of the Holy Spirit October 13, 2018 at 11:14pm Meditation on the Power of the Holy Spirit
When Proclaiming Baha'u'llah
The center
to which I withdraw
projects an image of cool calm.
I am not the one
being asked the questions.
I am not the one
answering the questions.
It is my voice,
it is the Holy Spirit speaking.
{dropnote:"Poet's Note:"}I originally wrote this poem sometime in 147 B.E.
... [Read more] On the Sea October 6, 2018 at 4:27pm On the Sea
Floating on the sea of Darkness,
I drift with the tide,
the splinters of my broken mast,
upon the deck were lying.
The tatters of my torn sails,
were flying in the wind,
no anchor,
save a broken chain
to keep my soul from harm.
In deep depression,
quite distrought,
and drifting near the reef
I cried in fear:
"Oh, God!"
Floating on the Sea of LIght,
I sail with the wind.
New mast,
new sails,
new anchor,
new chain.
Secure within the Ark of God,
I neit... [Read more] |
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