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Poetry
Poetry is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning.
Poetry, literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.
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Outline of Poetry Poetry is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities, in addition to, or instead of, its apparent meaning. The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to poetry: Main Articles: Poetry, Poetry From A Humble Perspective and Quotes About Poetry History of poetry History of poetry –...
Islamic Poetry Islamic poetry is poetry written by Muslims. Islamic poetry has been written in many languages. Poetry is the voice, wording, and expression of the truth and essence of humankind, their love, excitement, trouble, grief, and joys, the expression of their sensing and evaluation of existence and the beyond, through the...
Christian Poetry Christian poetry is any poetry that contains Christian teachings, themes, or references. The influence of Christianity on poetry has been great in any area that Christianity has taken hold. Christian poems often directly reference the Bible, while others provide allegory. History of Christian poetry Poetic forms have been used by Christians since the recorded history...
Rumi Quotes Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, also known as Mevlânâ – Mawlānā (مولانا, “our master”), and more popularly simply as Rumi was a 13th-century poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi‘s influenceRumi Quotes transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, and the...
Masnavi The Masnavi, or Masnavi-ye-Ma’navi (مثنوی معنوی), also written Mathnawi, or Mathnavi, is an extensive poem written in Persian by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Balkhi also known as Rumi. The Masnavi is one of the most influential works of Sufism, commonly called “the Quran in Persian”.[1] It has been viewed by many commentators as the...
A Friend Named Adversity Whoever will have nothing to do with thorns, can never gather roses. The brook that flows over stones makes the sweetest music. If you remove the rocks, the brook will lose its song. Blessings thrive in afflictions’ soil. Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes. The...
Just Do Your Best It’s not always easy to know which path to follow, which decision to make, or what to do. Life is a series of new horizons, new hopes, new days, and changes that come to you. And we will need some help with these things from time...
Go After Your Dreams You’re good, but you’re going to be great. You’re the best, but you’re going to get better. Sometimes the paths we take are long and hard, but remember: those are always the ones that lead to the most beautiful views. Challenges come along inevitably: how you...
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am in a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow. I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the fields of...
To Help You Through the trials, You think you all alone. Through all the trials, You feel you’ve been disowned. Through the trials, You feel no one cares. Well I’m here to say: I am here to care. When you talk, I’ll listen; When you weep I’ll give you a...
Life Without Friendship Life without friendship…. is like the dawn without the sun. Life without friendship…. is like the sky without the moon when the evening has begun. Life without friendship…. is like a rose without rain. Life without friendship…. just wouldn’t be the same. Life without friendship…. is like...
Do Not Go Gently Into That Goodnight Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning...
The Comfort of Friends They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies. Nor can spirits ever be divided that love and live in the same divine principle; the root and record of their friendship. If absence be not death, neither is...
The Dream dare to dream for tomorrow i hear it in the wind it beckons me to follow like a cool breeze on a hot day hope is a big word it is what i long for each day it means new beginnings it means a new way they say...
God Saw God saw the road was getting rough, The hill was hard to climb; He gently closed those loving eyes And whispered “Peace Be Thine.” The weary hours, the days of pain, The sleepless nights have passed; The ever patient worn-out frame Has found sweet rest at last. God...
They Are Not Dead They are not dead, Who leave us this great heritage of remembering joy. They still live in our hearts, In the happiness we knew, in the dreams we shared. They still breathe, In the lingering fragrance,windblown, from their favourite flowers. They still smile in the moonlight’s...
I Thought I thought I saw your face today, in the sparkle of the morning sun. And then I heard the angel say, “Their work on earth is done.” I thought I heard your voice today, then laugh your hearty laugh. And then I heard the angel say, “There’s peace...
When I Must Leave You “When I must leave you for a little while Please do not grieve and shed wild tears And hug your sorrow to you through the years. But start out bravely with a gallant smile; And for my sake and in my name Live on and...
If Tears Could Build A Stairway If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane. I would walk right up to Heaven and bring you back again. No farewell words were spoken, No time to say “Goodbye”. You were gone before I knew it, and only God knows why....
There Is Another Sky There is another sky, Ever serene and fair, And there is another sunshine, Though it be darkness there; Never mind faded forests, Austin, Never mind silent fields – Here is a little forest, Whose leaf is ever green; Here is a brighter garden, Where not a...
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