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Veterans and novices along with several Persian-speaking poets from Afghanistan and Tajikistan attended the ceremony at the Leader’s residence on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Imam Hassan (AS). The ceremony began with recitation of poetry by a group of poets followed by a short speech delivered by the Leader. The Leader described poetry in the country a developing movement and said that the present situation is promising a new flourishing era of Persian poetry in the near future. He called the number of veteran and young poets in the country unprecedented and said that the Islamic Revolution has bestowed art and wisdom upon the society. “Not in any of the previous eras, has there been these great numbers of new words and new concepts in poetry,” he added. The Leader also talked about the Islamic awareness in the region and said, “This Islamic awareness is rooted in the great movement of the Iranian nation.” Referring to the wisdom observed in the poetry of Persian poets like Sadi, Ferdowsi and Hafez, he also proposed the literati to try deepen their Islamic and religious knowledge in the contemporary world of poetry. Ayatollah Khamenei regarded the delicacy that lies in the spirit of a poet as the best means to understand wisdom and spirituality and also that the holy month of Ramadan is the best time for it. Clarifying the identity of the poetry of revolution, he said, “Poetry of revolution is actually the place to present the values of Islamic Revolution.”
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| Last Updated on 16 August 2011 17:22 | |||
