Bibliography: 5F9U3SW8

key	5F9U3SW8
title	Poetry and Self-Transformation
author	White, Roger
authority control	Roger White
item type	Journal article
publication year	1988
date	1988
publication title	Journal of Bahá'í Studies
abstract note	Recognizing that the Central Figures of their Faith wrote poems, members of the Baha'i community rightly honor poetry. Unlike non-Baha'i artists who may feel unappreciated and estranged from society because they have no shared view of the universe and whose poetry may become increasingly obscure, private, and difficult, the Baha'i who writes poems enjoys a sense of family with an international audience made up of people who hold similar spiritual values and aspirations, and the Baha'i poet can joyfully restate the eternal themes traditionally addressed in poetry, taking care to avoid imitating the sacred texts. In the process of engaging in this craft, the Baha'i poet will be performing an act of worship which should not only transform the writer but also hold before readers the possibility of their being transformed too. White's poem, 'Rescue', is cited to illustrate the point that transformation must originate from within the individual.
pages	61-69
issue	2
volume	1
language	English
manual tags	POETRY; SELF-DEVELOPMENT