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Baha'i Poets - Famous and Not So Famous - I - Page 3

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Apr 6, 1999

And now, one of his poems:

Whom Love Blinds for Catherine M'boya

Black was she,

and white was he,

love bathed their hours with colour.

Fate's bleaching whim

Wrenched her from him

And oh! Their lives were duller.

Grief's swart dye

Stained his mind's eye,

His pitch world lacked all lightness.

Tear-blinded, she

Could only see

His absence as a whiteness.

Well, what started as one article, has, I fear, become a series of two, maybe more. Please visit the links here, and, also, I urge you to visit the other fine articles in the National Poetry Month event here on Suite 101.

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4. Oct 6, 2001 7:10 PM
In response to message posted by earthrisep:

Hi Frederick,

Just a note to thank you for stopping by this spot on the web. Pleas ...

-- posted by justin_credible

3. Oct 5, 2001 2:46 PM
Some here might also be interested in my essay
"Recentering - The Turning of the Tide and Robert Hayden"
http://www.fglaysher.com/Recentering.htm

Further comments on aspects of Robert Hayden and ...

-- posted by earthrisep

2. Apr 7, 1999 9:07 PM
Shalom Dan;

I was touched by your remarks. These articles (yes there will be two more) have been quite an experiance for me as well. It is good to hear that this one had a positive effect.

I ...

-- posted by justin_credible

1. Apr 6, 1999 8:25 PM
I have not thought of myself as one who appreciated poetry deeply, but three times in your article and a few of its links I was shown something of poetry, something of other sensibilities, and somethi ...

-- posted by Dan_Ellsworth

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