Food for My Soul

Word by word,
sentence by sentence,
paragraph by paragraph,
and page by page
I consume food of the spirit
revealed by Baha'u'llah.

The scripture of the Blessed Beauty
feed my soul
with the bread of life,
and wine of immortality.

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Reading the Prayers of Baha'u'llah

I read the words of the Blessed Beauty,
My spirit flies to the throne of God,
Unity becomes a reality,
And humanity becomes my family.

This poem is posted in Writing in Snow in my writing.com port. The journal is in the folder Awardicon Items. I am Prosperous Snow.

What Makes Me Happy?

Placing my problems
in the hands of the Blessed Beauty,
reading the revealed Words of the Almighty,
and taking action that the Holy Spirit reveals.

 

This poem is also posted in Writing in Snow in my writing.com port under Awardicon Items. On writing.com I am Prosperous Snow.

 

 

Celebrating the Day of Glory and the Month of Grandeur

I intone prayers
revealed by the Pen of Glory,
the Blessed Beauty.

I intone prayers
celebrating the month of Grandeur,
the day of Glory.

Each day of the week
commemorates an attribute of God,
and each month of the year
a characteristic of the Almighty.

Every day of the week,
and of the month
is a reason to celebrate;
a reason for praising
the Lord of Glory.

This poem is also posted in Writing in Snow in my writing.com port under the folder Awardicon Items. I am Prosperous Snow.

Motivational Monday: My Motivation to Write

Of the 200 poems dedicating to the Blessed Beauty, I have 113 finished. I have 87 poems to finish in 76 days which means I have to write 1 or 2 poems a day to finish by October 22. I think that is a strong motive to write poetry. 

If I encounter writer's stress or writer's block because of the deadline, I will say prayers or meditate. That usually helps. Another thing that helps is taking a short walk in the morning or the evening. Since it's summer time, I prefer to walk of a morning when it's cooler. 

Midweek Reflections: Writing Poetry – A Poem

It is Wednesday, 

And I'm writing poetry 

Dedicated to the Blessed Beauty. 

Each day my  prayers are answered 

Either with another idea 

Or a completed poem. 

As of today 

At 5:01 PM 

Pacific Daylight Time, 

I have 65 poems planned 

And approximately 40 completed. 

By sunset on Sunday, 

October 22, 2017, 

I plan to have 

Two hundred poems completed. 

Motivational Monday: Afternoon Motivation

This afternoon was motivated to finish some paperwork, so that I can get it in the mail on Tuesday. The paperwork is finished, in a properly addressed envelope, stamped, and waiting for me to either take it across the street to put in the outgoing mail or lay it by the door so I can take it out tomorrow when the postal delivery person comes. Considering the temperature right now, I may do the latter. 

I also finished three more poems dedicated to the Blessed Beauty. I am attempting to write 200 before October 22, which is the bicentenary of the Birth of Baha'u'llah. So far, I have 60 ideas or themes for the poems with approximately 35 finished. I should have between 40 and 45 finished by Friday, July 21. I am not going to worry about rewriting until I have all the poem finished because it does not help my muse if I attempt to rewrite a group of poems before I have completed the entire group. 

My Poetry Goal for the next 127 Days

My poetry goal to write 200 poem dedicated to the Blessed Beauty (Baha'u'llah) by October 22, 2017. According to my calculations (with the help of a calendar and a calculator) that is approximately 127 days from today. I am posting this goal in this blog because I need to hold myself accountable, and I have found the best way to do that is to make my goal public instead of keeping it a secret. This way I can write a blog entry once a week about how I am progressing with this goal.