Poetry - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/poetry/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Thu, 19 Sep 2024 23:44:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Cathartic Healing: How to Emotionally Purge in 7 Ways https://bahaiteachings.org/cathartic-healing-how-to-emotionally-purge-ways/ https://bahaiteachings.org/cathartic-healing-how-to-emotionally-purge-ways/#comments Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=85470 Thirteen years ago, I came home sobbing from the latest misogynoir, exclusion, and isolation I experienced at my high school. I expected to seek consolation from my mother, but was...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/cathartic-healing-how-to-emotionally-purge-ways/feed/ 1 Voice of Resilience: The Poetic Journey of Radiance Talley https://bahaiteachings.org/black-women-poetry-radiance/ https://bahaiteachings.org/black-women-poetry-radiance/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=44035 Black-Women-Poetry-Radiance-Ever since she was young, Radiance Talley has turned to poetry to give voice to her thoughts and how she made sense of the world around her. RELATED: Reflections on the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/black-women-poetry-radiance/feed/ 4 Reflections on the Healing Power of Poetry https://bahaiteachings.org/reflections-healing-power-poetry/ https://bahaiteachings.org/reflections-healing-power-poetry/#comments Mon, 10 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=70261 I don’t know who I’d be — or if I’d still even be here — without poetry. When I was in high school, I experienced depression, and writing poetry became my...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/reflections-healing-power-poetry/feed/ 1 A Poem for the Pandemic https://bahaiteachings.org/a-poem-for-the-pandemic/ https://bahaiteachings.org/a-poem-for-the-pandemic/#respond Tue, 17 May 2022 13:00:45 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=76534 Poetry is not my finest art, yet I still try to improve my poems through practice – which includes my annual entry in a challenging poetry contest that requires entrants...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/a-poem-for-the-pandemic/feed/ 0 Poetry, Hard Realities, and Our Approach to the Creator https://bahaiteachings.org/poetry-hard-realities-and-our-approach-to-the-creator/ https://bahaiteachings.org/poetry-hard-realities-and-our-approach-to-the-creator/#respond Tue, 10 May 2022 13:00:45 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=76470 Now, perhaps more than ever, life seems full of hard realities – maybe because the news is ever present on our devices, constantly bombarding us with images of disaster, conflict,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/poetry-hard-realities-and-our-approach-to-the-creator/feed/ 0 Patiently Striving to Create Beauty From Pain — With Radiance Talley https://bahaiteachings.org/patiently-striving-create-beauty-pain-radiance-talley/ https://bahaiteachings.org/patiently-striving-create-beauty-pain-radiance-talley/#respond Thu, 10 Mar 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=75777 One unavoidable aspect of our human existence is pain. Whether the pain is caused by loss, discrimination, or abuse, the dreadful feeling of a bleak mind and heavy heart is...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/patiently-striving-create-beauty-pain-radiance-talley/feed/ 0 The Symbolism and Spiritual Meaning of Nightingales https://bahaiteachings.org/symbolism-spiritual-meaning-nightingales/ https://bahaiteachings.org/symbolism-spiritual-meaning-nightingales/#respond Wed, 01 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74290 While many people grew up loving their dogs and cats, I’ve always been drawn to the animals I encounter in nature, like deer and birds. Ever since I was little,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/symbolism-spiritual-meaning-nightingales/feed/ 0 Relying on God Instead of Ourselves — With Peter Murphy https://bahaiteachings.org/relying-on-god-instead-ourselves/ https://bahaiteachings.org/relying-on-god-instead-ourselves/#respond Fri, 29 Oct 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=73672 Peter Murphy shares how a simple phrase changed the focus of his life —leading him out of alcoholism and into a life of service to his community. In this episode of...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/explore-your-creativity-interactive-fireside/feed/ 0 Dr. Anthony Lee and the Excavation of Buried Racial Narratives https://bahaiteachings.org/anthony-lee-excavation-buried-racial-narratives/ https://bahaiteachings.org/anthony-lee-excavation-buried-racial-narratives/#respond Sat, 07 Aug 2021 16:48:30 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=72324 African American poet, historian, and activist Dr. Anthony Lee has built his life around words, the excavation of buried narratives and the fight to free America of the baneful legacy...

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