Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be a writer of poetry, or may perform their art to an audience.
The work of a poet is essentially one of communication, either expressing ideas in a literal sense, such as writing about a specific event or place, or metaphorically. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary greatly in different cultures and time periods.[1] Throughout each civilization and language, poets have used various styles that have changed through the course of literary history, resulting in a history of poets as diverse as the literature they have produced.
Both the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh ascribe a lofty station to poets for their role as intermediaries between the physical world and the spiritual.
List of Bahá'í poets[edit]
Some Bahá'í poets include:
- Michael Fitzgerald
- John Hatcher
- Duane Herrmann
- Rowell Hoff
- Maqsud
- Ruhiyyih Rabbani
- Mahvash Sabet
- Ginny Tod
- Roger White
References[edit]
- ↑ Orban, Clara Elizabeth (1997). The Culture of Fragments: Word and Images in Futurism and Surrealism. Rodopi. p. 3. ISBN 90-420-0111-9.
