Poetry and Meditation
About silence Paramahansa Yogananda has said, "What joy awaits discovery in the silence behind the portals of your mind no human tongue can tell."
Jan 26, 2007
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Linda Sue Grimes
Yehuda Amichai
Yehuda Amichai's poetry grew along with his adopted country. The poet left Germany as the Nazi power was rising. As an Israeli citizen, he became a freedom fighter.
Dec 11, 2006
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Linda Sue Grimes
Abdel Wahab al-Bayati
One of the top Iraqi poets, Abdel Wahab al-Bayati, died in Damascus in 1999. He is credited with modernizing Arabic poetry, departing from the older classical forms.
Dec 4, 2006
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Linda Sue Grimes
Rabindranath Tagore
In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Nobel Laureate, won the literature prize primarily for his prose translations of Gitanjali, which is Bengali for "song offerings."
Nov 27, 2006
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Linda Sue Grimes
Reconciling Death - Two Views
This article examines A. E. Housman's poem, "To an Athlete Dying Young" and Paramahansa Yogananda's "The Dying Youth's Divine Reply," two contrasting views of death.
Oct 27, 2006
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Linda Sue Grimes