Bridge of Silver Wings 2025

Category: Terrorism and Poetry

• 21st Century authors Advocacy African Americans Art of Compassion books Compassion Creative Problem Solving Creativity Cultural Arts Education faith inspiration literature nonviolent conflict resolution personal growth philosophy poems by Aberjhani poetry social justice spirituality Terrorism and Poetry Writers and Writing

  QUOTABLE POETRY SERIES LAUNCH: Archive Treasures 103

  “Being geniuses together (to borrow the phrase from Kay Boyle’s and Robert McAlmon’s classic memoir) makes it possible for human beings to serve as each other’s heroes rather than simply function as each other’s antagonistic nemeses.”–Aberjhani (from the essay 5 Ways to be Geniuses Together)

  May 9, 2025
• 21st Century authors African Americans African-American Artists American History books Celebrities Compassion Compassion Action Network Creative Problem Solving Creativity Cultural Arts Education Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance Centennial inspiration Interviews literature National Arts and Humanities Month nonviolent conflict resolution philosophy poetry Politics Publishing social justice spirituality Terrorism and Poetry Writers and Writing

  The Compassionate Poetic Genius of Gwendolyn Brooks

  Welcome to the revised Part 3 of Poetic Traditions of Compassion and Creative Maladjustment. This revision is presented to correct technological difficulties encountered with the previous upload. Thank you for your patience and please enjoy the episode: June 7, 2017, marked the centennial of the birth of Gwendolyn Brooks, (she…

  October 10, 2021
• Art of Compassion Compassion Compassion Action Network Creative Problem Solving Creativity Cultural Arts Education Film Reviews inspiration literature metaphysics nonviolent conflict resolution personal growth philosophy poetry Poets of Afghanistan religion Rumi Rumi and Terrorism spirituality Terrorism and Poetry Writers and Writing

  

  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
• Cultural Arts Education in the news philosophy poetry Poets of Poets of Afghanistan Politics religion Rumi Rumi and Terrorism September 11 2001 spirituality Terrorism and Poetry Top Stories of Year 2021 Writers and Writing

  

  Reading Rumi after 9/11 and again at the end of the War in Afghanistan (part 1)

  Can Poetry and the Taliban Coexist? Aside from being a country plagued by a succession of wars and economic woes, Afghanistan is also the birthplace of one of the great figures of world literature: Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Rumi. ..

  September 24, 2021