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Contemplating the Bicentenary of the Birth of the Bab

Istijlál (Majesty}, 10 Asmá’ (Names) 176 B.E. - Thursday, August 29, 2019

There are 61 days until October 29, which is the two hundredth anniversary of the Birth of the Bab. The Las Vegas community will be celebrating on October 26, with a program open to both everyone no matter what their religion. Between now and October 29, I have to finish 92 of the 200 poems I'm writing to celebrate the Bicentenary. One of the things I'll be doing to help inspire the poems is watch the videos created by the Irish Baha'i community.

I'm posting the poems in "Bicentenary Poems and Prose" . I'm worried, but not about finishing the poem by October 29. I'm worried about how good the poem are. Most of the poems are either free verse or free style because those forms seem to fit the subjects and themes better then other types of form poem. I'm going to dedicate either Saturday or Sunday exclusively to working on the poems. During the week I surveys, which usually takes longer than what I expect.I'm going to close this entry because I have a couple of things to finish today.