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Poetic Traditions of Compassion and Creative Maladjustment Part 2: Jalal al-Din Rumi

“Simple, sincere, and selfless, Rumi was respected because he respected others. He was considerate even towards his enemies…” — Afzal Iqbal

October 2, 2021
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Creative Thinkers International and 21st Century Notions of Community – Bright Skylark Literary Productions

Syrian children behind a barbed wire fence at the Ceylanpinar refugee camp in the Sanliurfa province of Turkey. (Photo by Reuters) At the heart of Creative Thinkers International’s operational philosophy has always been a core belief in the ability of positive creativity to help inspire nonviolent conflict resolution. This is…

May 30, 2013
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Juneteenth 2012 Editorial with Poem: Every Hour Henceforth

Cover of forthcoming eBook Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black. The story behind the annual Juneteenth celebration is now fairly well known. The event commemorates June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Galveston, Texas, and other parts of the state learned for the first time they had actually been…

June 19, 2012
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21st Century Digital Authors on the Rise

Your brain wired for the 21st century literary life. It’s a curious thing to call oneself an author in this early half of the twenty-first century. The word now means so much more than it did when classic authors such as William Shakespeare, Frederick Douglass, or Anais Nin made their…

September 15, 2010