Searchable list of all poems: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CCjGqAU4uz0dwo7X8e3MBnGorHOT0kYeUDYxLwEKeU4/edit#gid=0

On March 18th 2020, I asked for requests on Twitter: if anyone wanted me to read a poem they liked, I'd record it for them.  

650-odd suggestions later, here we are. Several new recordings go up every day. Some lovely people are helping, and poets have been very kind and generous too. 

Hope you enjoy them. Sam x

The #PandemicPoems Poetry Jukebox I, read by Samuel West and friends. Poems 1 - 500

Poems

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Spirit Uplifting Music_Words

The music from my two CDs: "Love Setteth the World Aflame" and "Fruits of the Tree of Life". All Baha'i Writings or Baha'i-inspired, featuring many different styles and composers!

Allah'u'Abha (95 Times)

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.
 
In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in Paris, France with Mathieu who sings “Qui hormis Dieu” from the Writings of the Bab in French.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46hGUx2Q4I4
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Paris, France, December 2017.
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Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the English translation:
 
"Qui, hormis Dieu, dissipe les difficultés ?
Dis : Loué soit Dieu ! Lui seul est Dieu !
Tous sont ses serviteurs et tous se soumettent à son commandement."
- The Bab
 
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"Is there any Remover of difficulties save God? Say: Praised be God! He is God! All are His servants, and all abide by His bidding!"
- The Bab

"Qui hormis Dieu" by Mathieu

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.
 
In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in New York, USA with Nadia Affolter, Zaynab Affolter and Earl Henrikson who sing “The Power of the Covenant” based on a quotation by Abdu’l-Baha.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP9XzbAIe_A

The music for this song was written by Dominic Lutley and the Youth of the TfP (Transformation for Peace) Junior Youth Camp at Townshend School in the Czech Republic.
 
This song was filmed and recorded in New York, USA, August 2018.

Discover more Baha'i-inspired content on BAHAIBLOG.NET

Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:
 
"It is indubitably clear, that the pivot of the oneness of mankind is nothing else but the power of the Covenant [...] The power of the Covenant is as the heat of the sun which quickeneth and promoteth the development of all created things on earth. The light of the Covenant, in like manner, is the educator of the minds, the spirits, the hearts and souls of men."
- Abdu’l-Baha
 
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Capo 2

CHORUS

          Am         F
It is indubitably clear, 

            C                G              am            F
that the pivot of the oneness of mankind

   C                            G                        am        F,C,G
is nothing else but the power of the Covenant….     (REPEAT)


VERSE

      Am                      F
The power of the Covenant 

             C                              G                         am        F
is as the heat of the sun which quickeneth and promoteth 

          C                 G              am       F
the development of all created things 

     C          G
on earth. 

CHORUS
It is indubitably clear, 
that the pivot of the oneness of mankind
is nothing else but the power of the Covenant…. (REPEAT)


VERSE
The light of the Covenant, 
in like manner, is the educator of the minds, 
the spirits, the hearts and souls of men.

"The Power of the Covenant" by Nadia, Zaynab & Earl

01 The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy

02 The Lion And Albert by Marriott Edgar

03 I Opened a Book by Julia Donaldson

04 The Good Morrow by John Donne

05 Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

06 On the Ning Nang Nong by Spike Milligan

09 Sometimes by Sheenagh Pugh

81 He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven by W B Yeats, read by Beatie Edney

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The words are from the writings of Baha'u'llah, the founder of the Baha'i Faith:

"O Son of Man!   I loved thy creation, hence I created thee. Wherefore, do thou love Me, that I may name thy name and fill thy soul with the spirit of life." (Baha'u'llah, The Hidden Words)

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I imagine this track to develop in the near future by adding vocal harmonies and echoes, and some violin.

"I loved thy creation" - Midnight Sessions

Tuesday August 18th 2020. Day 153 of Pandemic Poems

468 Sonnet 39 (Come Sleep, O Sleep) by Sir Philip Sidney

Monday August 24th 2020. Day 159 of Pandemic Poems

489 Luminary by R S Thomas

Tuesday August 25th 2020. Day 160 of Pandemic Poems

490 Birches by Robert Frost

Tuesday September 8th 2020. Day 173 of Pandemic Poems

531 Ode On Melancholy by John Keats

Tuesday September 15th 2020. Day 180 of Pandemic Poems

551 He Remembers Forgotten Beauty by W B Yeats

Actor and sometimes director. Searchable list of poems: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CCjGqAU4uz0dwo7X8e3MBnGorHOT0kYeUDYxLwEKeU4/htmlview#gid=0

81 He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven by W B Yeats, read by Beatie Edney

Samuel West #PandemicPoems