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I AM OF THE CHILDREN OF THE HALF-LIGHTSan Giovanni in Persiceto (Bologna), 1 February 1996To us, the ‘generation of the half-light,’... hasbeen assigned a task whose high privilege we cannever sufficiently appreciate, and the arduousnessof which we can as yet but dimly recognize.Shoghi EffendiI love the coloursof the dusk, the sunthat sinks into the greybillows of a limpidocean, the westernskyline that turnsred and yellow,the light thatquietly vanishes.I love the shadowsthat fade awayin the waningglow of sunset.I love the eveon the beachwhen the swallowsin obfuscated sapphirelightly flyand its silence punctuatedby swashing wavesand stridulous twitters.205
I love dreamswith their blurredoutlines, I loveremembrancesthat memoryrekindles but neverwholly enlightens.I love youthin its declining to itselfalways hiddenbehind impalpableveils of mystery.I love the short lifewhich does not givebeauty time to wither.I love the ancientruins that riseamidst the grassysods coveredwith fragrantmosses.I am of the childrenof the half-lightand there is no highnoon in my days.My Sunhas just arisenamidst the gloom206
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RemotenessPoemsJulio SaviCasa Editr
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By the same authorBahíyyih Khánum
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Copyright © 2002 by Julio Savi1 st
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25 Impotence26 Sleep27 The Weary Ha
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viiiDESPITE THE LIGHT OF GUIDANCE97
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205 I Am of the Children of the Hal
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290 Loneliness291 Metropolitan Meet
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and necessary form, whose delicate
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inspired artist, Julio Savi has the
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PREFACERemoteness is the title of t
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REMOTENESSTo Paola, Adriano and Eli
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YEARNING FOR BEAUTYAsmara, 5 July 1
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FROM THE BLUE OF THE SKYAsmara, 28
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YOUR BROAD HALLSAsmara, 1 April 195
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WILT THOU THE CLEMENTAsmara, 6 June
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TOWARD THE LIGHTAsmara, 21 June 195
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AND NOW IT RAINSAsmara, 25 June 195
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FROM A RED HOT FIREAsmara, 2 July 1
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O PEACE OF THE INFINITYAsmara, 8 Au
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THERE IS PEACE ON THE SEAMassawa, 3
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MELANCHOLYMassawa, 8 April 1957O Me
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IMPOTENCEAsmara, 19 June 1957Dizzil
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THE WEARY HAND GIVES OVERAsmara, 6
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BUT THE HEART LONG MUTEDAsmara, Sep
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I JOIN MY HANDS TO THINEAsmara, Jan
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UNFULFILLED DREAMS1961-1964
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SLOW WANDERINGBologna, 25 October 1
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YOU OUGHT TO SMILEBologna, 25 Novem
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WINTER DUSKCastel d’Aiano (Bologn
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And when it bursts out-an impassion
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AND IF I SHALL REFUSE THY RANKSBolo
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VEILS OF OBLIVIONBologna, 17 July 1
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FAR FROM THEEBologna, 18 July 1962I
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IN THE SILENT NIGHTBologna, 31 May
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TODAY IN THE TROUGHBologna, 4 Novem
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THE FLAVOUR OF THY DEWBologna, 4 No
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ANOTHER DISQUIETING MORNINGBologna,
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IT’S ONLY A MEMORYBologna, 11 Dec
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THE EARLIEST SNOWBologna, Winter 19
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ABOVE THE MISTSBologna, 12 January
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PERHAPS THE SKY IS SMILINGBologna,
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YOUR LIFE COMES TO AN ENDBologna, 2
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I KNOW NOT WHO I AMBologna, 8 May 1
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O SWEET DISTANT YEARSBologna, 18 Se
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my ignoranceoverflow into the water
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THE DAY OF THY PROMISEBologna, 12 N
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THE SOWN SEED WILL SPROUTBologna, 1
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HUMAN THOUGHTSBologna, 25 January 1
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THE HEAVEN OF THE HEARTBologna, 12
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THE SHADE OF REMEMBRANCEBologna, 14
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ALWAYS IN THY PRESENCEBologna, 4 Ma
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Weariness burnt-out ashescovers all
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SO MUCH LIFE IS WASTEDBologna, 21 N
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THE CELESTIAL DEWBologna, 30 Septem
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YOUR HAND IN MY HANDCastel San Piet
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DESPITE THE LIGHT OF GUIDANCE1975-1
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TO BE A PART, I TOOBologna, 1976-19
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MY HEART IS WAVERINGBologna, 1976-1
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TO THE POOR, ASTONISHED HEARTBologn
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THE SMELL OF THAT SPRINGTIMESan Gio
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THE HOUR WE LIVED TOGETHERSan Giova
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The awarenessof participatingfor th
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IN THE DARK THAT REMAINSSan Giovann
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And now such infinitetenderness and
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O TENDER LOVE THRIVING IN THE BREAS
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THE POWER OF LOVESan Giovanni in Pe
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AND A THOUSAND KIND HANDSSan Giovan
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The standard whereby you shouldbe j
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AN UNEXPECTED STREAMBologna, 1983-1
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YOU COME BACK, O POETRYBologna, 19
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Only when the zenithal sundistills
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Liza,among those aged stumpsfrom th
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THE SYCAMORESaganeiti (Eritrea), 10
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would soon be there as well.What fl
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And what else shall I say?Perchance
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YEARNINGParma, 1 June 1992Life is a
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THE REMOTE HEATHS OF A FORMER DAYAd
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THE UNEXPECTED RAINAkordat (Eritrea
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REMOTE CALLSAdi Kashi (Eritrea), 20
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REMNANTS OF DAYS FOREVER GONEMassaw
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naked ebonyof lithesome bodiespolis
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IN THE DAWN CHANGING SUNBet Maka (E
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TOWARD THE UNREACHED BORDERS1994-19
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Page 191 and 192: AND IT IS STILL SO MUCHBentivoglio
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Page 207 and 208: THE NEUTRON OF THE SPIRITBologna, 7
Page 210 and 211: IN THE SMALL CRESCENTBentivoglio (B
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Page 214 and 215: AGAINST EACH NAYPerugia, 9 December
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Page 220 and 221: CHILDRENBologna, 24 January 1996For
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Page 232 and 233: CLOUDSBologna, 16 March 19961Clouds
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Page 242: DIVERGING SKIES1996-1998
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Page 247 and 248: Yesterday a kindly friendwhispered
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Page 251 and 252: THE STEINBOCKRotwandwiesen (Bozen),
Page 253 and 254: AS ONE DAY THE DROPMantua, 5 April
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THE FAITHFUL OF LOVE1999-2001For Be
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BLOOMING ANEWBologna, 17 December 1
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DROWNEDBologna, 25 December 1998Tow
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THE NIGHT OF ṢIDQ-‘ALÍBologna,
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On that hospital bed in Smyrna,when
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O LIFE, PLACID WATERSon the Loire,
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Did that unknownman whom you always
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SHAYKH SALMÁNBologna, 1 February 1
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‘ABDU’LLÁH BAGHDÁDÍBologna,
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THOMAS AND THE LIGHTBologna-Alessan
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for you to turn away.You feel under
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IN THE INCOMING TWILIGHTSan Marino-
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A GREATER LOVEBologna, 24 June 1999
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WHO AM I?Niederdorf (Bozen), 4 July
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MEMORYBentivoglio (Bologna), 9 July
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FROM NIGHTS TO DAWNSBologna, 31 May
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Seventeen hours wereall that time c
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LONELINESSBologna-Wienacht (Switzer
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I look hard at the kid,waiting to c
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HALCYON DAYSBologna 13 June 2001Fet
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1 Jalálu’d-Dín Rúmí, Kullíyy
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70 Without TheeBahá’u’lláh,
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301DESPITE THE LIGHT OF GUIDANCE100
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AN UNEXPECTED STREAM123 An Unexpect
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September), celebrating the end of
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159 A Happy and Marvellous EndLeo N
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man of pain: Ungaretti, L’Allegri
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Zulaykhá is, in the Islamic tradit
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ecause they have their radiant, tha
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‘the crimson City of God’ (Bah
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AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR
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on that dark side seems to exalt th
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If the real world were the same as
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transforming the experiences of our
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all deeds and behaviours such quali
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An Unexpected StreamBetween ’83 a
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tion, if not a reconfirmed doubt ab
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wilderment conducive to a great wis
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ALPHABETIC LISTING OF POEMS272 ‘A
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237 Give Me Your Cup294 Halcyon Day
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181 Snow-White Hand of the Night89
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225 Yesterday a Kindly Friend203 Yo
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