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ENGLISH POETRY AND MUSIC RECITAL

FAMILY OF THE HEART
 

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FAMILY OF THE HEART SEMINAR, JUNE 17, 2006

         Erin Mills United Church, Mississauga, June 17, 2006

   RASHID MUGHAL
The Creative Process
Since we are all gathered here in a Christian church, allow me to tell you what Jesus had to say about The Creative Process. According to the Gospel of Thomas, Jesus said, If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.

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 Ziauddin Ahmed

GHALIB AS I UNDERSTAND HIM

Asadullah Khan Ghalib was a poet philosopher of India in the middle ages (1797 - 1869).  They were times  of flux,  and the entire world was engulfed in a drastic change. It was an age of transformation for all of mankind. more...

 

 DEAL

 

I met him after many years
and we were in tears,
tears of love and sorrow
for the passed time that couldn't borrow.
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 FIGHT

 

When the night is dark and you are lonely
The silence seems nothing, but holy
Your soul is all but solely
Your mind is in tranquility
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 Jawaid Chaudhry

Silence in the Garden

Playing music flowers
Dusk quiet serene
To and fro I wander
Happen next will what
 

Zohra Zoberi 

Antagonism

Like a book
With a cover drastically misleading
Chapter titles not reflecting
Actual contents of the material
Antagonism sometimes is just a mask.
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Alvaro Tortora

 Alvaro Tortora – was born in Italy in 1950. He immigrated to Canada in 1968 and has lived and worked in Hamilton ever since. He has been a member of the Hamilton Poetry Centre for the past 19 years. In 1995, he won “best reader” in the first annual edition of North American Competition of Italian Poetry “L’anima del Poeta” and his entry poem received an honorable mention. His book of poetry, Paradise Marshes was published in 2004. He shares his love of poetry with his daughter Kristine who also writes poetry. He is currently working on several new projects. more...

 

Arliene Botnick

Jane Story – Arliene Botnick received her Honors B.A. degree from University of Toronto and her M.Ed. from OISE.  As well, she was granted the title Reform Jewish Educator from the National Association of Temple Educators.  Arliene has been Director of Education at Solel Synagogue for the past 18 years, prior to which she taught both in the public school system and as a volunteer teacher at Solel's Hebrew and Religious school.  Her present staff, continuing Solel's tradition, is entirely a vocational  parents are the teachers. more...

 

MISBAH ANSARI

FANTASIES

Flash backs from the past
        Dreams woven in a cast
 
Movies of mind in jerky beams
Preojecting on lacy grayish screens    

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