Assuming poetry is required, the following 108 results were found.
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'love that smiled in April' blossoms into beautiful flowers of hope, purity,fertility, humility, happiness and gratitude. Poetry is the key which unlocks the gates of Beauty, Hope and Joy ‘Reading poetry, solitude, silence and sanctuary: finding...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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word and deed, and to honor and conserve the natural world.’-The Merwin Conservancy Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin. Photo:thepoetrydepartment.com Just Now by W. S. Merwin In the morning as the storm begins to blow away the clear sky appears for a moment and...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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'Lioness of Iran’: Simin Behbahani- RIPhttps://gcgi.info/603-lioness-of-iran-simin-behbahani-rip
documented with pride and precision the heroic resistance and creative subversion of her nation and herself. Hers is poetry of immediacy and resonance, of hopes betrayed and renewed, of disillusionment and dissent. It is high art and popular art at the...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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Ahura Mazda. ‘Because Shab-e Yalda is the longest and darkest night, it has become to symbolise many things in Persian poetry; separation from a beloved one, loneliness and waiting. After Shab-e Yalda a transformation takes place - the waiting is over,...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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are singing, the days are getting brighter. What better way to sing the praises of Spring’s arrival than to read beautiful poetry. Here is one of my favourite poems I would like to share with you: Of all the famous poems of Wordsworth, none is more...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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Mofid, our garden, Coventry, June 2020 Celebrating the joyous Spring with Hopkins and Wordsworth Finding sanctuary in poetry during lockdown Reflecting on Life: My Childhood in Iran where the love of poetry was instilled in me Poetry is the Education...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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Rose, our garden, Coventry, July 2021 Celebrating the joyous Spring with Hopkins and Wordsworth Finding sanctuary in poetry during lockdown Reflecting on Life: My Childhood in Iran where the love of poetry was instilled in me Poetry is the Education...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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Rose, our garden, Coventry, July 2021 Celebrating the joyous Spring with Hopkins and Wordsworth Finding sanctuary in poetry during lockdown Reflecting on Life: My Childhood in Iran where the love of poetry was instilled in me Poetry is the Education...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
- Category: Kamran Mofid's Blog
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universities, the world over, will teach modules on kindness, compassion, happiness, simplicity, beauty, wisdom, nature, poetry, philosophy, and more, regardless of what their students are studying for. If they don’t, then, to my mind, they have failed,...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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to the spirit of the great poet during her childhood in Tehran, where her father would perform daily recitations of Haféz’s poetry. She drew upon her father’s expertise in developing her own interpretations of the poet’s verse. From the moment Haleh...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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on what we need to overcome our differences, address our crises and to solve our conflicts non-violently. Attar’s poetry and literature promote the language of dialogue and diplomacy Attar is one of the most famous mystic poets of Iran. His works were...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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through love. Rumi has been hailed by western scholars as the greatest mystical poet of all time. Translations of Rumi’s poetry brought this great Persian poet international recognition such that he was recognized among the world’s leading figures in...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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work we want. I once met a friend, a published poet, on the last day of his holiday and the first day of mine. “How’s the poetry going?” I asked. “It’s been a good week,” he replied. “ I wrote three lines.” Would we accept that rate of return from our...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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A Celebration of Persian Storytelling, poetry, literature, and culture Photo:kingorama.com N.B. In July 2013 I posted a Blog ‘Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings’ on our GCGI website, highlighting and celebrating the beauty, the timeless wisdom...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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the GCGI Archives for your interest: Photo: printerest UK Values-led Education is the Path to a Better Life and Future: Poetry is the Education that Nourishes the Heart and Nurtures the Soul Reflecting on Life: My Childhood in Iran where the love of...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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be our Wisest Teacher A Sure Path to build a Better World: How nature helps us feel good and do good Finding sanctuary in poetry during lockdown Reflecting on Life: My Childhood in Iran where the love of poetry was instilled in me Poetry is the...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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What it Means to be Human On the 250th Birthday of William Wordsworth Let Nature be our Wisest Teacher Finding sanctuary in poetry during lockdown Photo:Spirituality&Health Reflecting on Life: My Childhood in Iran where the love of poetry was instilled...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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‘Without poetry, we lose our way.’—Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate & Academy of American Poets Chancellor (2019– In the midst of fear, isolation and catastrophe, we are learning that profound and positive change is possible. And for Sure We Must Remember...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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and we began to value the values of togetherness, love, and sharing more than ever before. We came together at Dawn, in poetry and literature, and gathered together in Mother Nature, although all in virtual reality, but, nonetheless, we were together in...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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I am doing Nothing, how about you?https://gcgi.info/1217-i-am-doing-nothing-how-about-you
what a feeling I had, as if I was listening to myself on the radio!! Do nothing. Take it easy. Enjoy Mother Nature. Read Poetry. Discovering the healing power of music. Reconnecting with life’s greatest gift. Changing your lifestyle, choosing a simpler...
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- Author: Kamran Mofid
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