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The Last Friday in August 2019

Istiqlál (Independence}, 11 Asmá’ (Names) 176 B.E. - Friday, August 30, 2019

The Last Friday in August 2019

On the last Friday in August 2019, I contemplate the next 60 days and the poems I need to finish before the Bicentenary of the Birth of the Bab. I have written 110 out of the 200 poems I intend to write before October 29. I have only 90 poems to write in 60 days. If I write 2 poems a day, it will take me 45 days to complete the 200. I suspect there will be days when I won't get two written and there will be other days when I write more than two poems. Poetry is like that, especially when one is writing a series of poem covering the same theme. All I can do is keep reciting the Remover of Difficulties, which helps because when I recite it I find titles.

Many of the poem in "Bicentenary Poems and Prose"  started with a title. I've found that sometimes a title helps when writing a series of poems on the same theme. Other poems in this book were inspire by the sacred scriptures.