Poetry is one of the strongest (if at all not 'the' strongest) medium of human expression. Scriptures and general poetry have a two sided relation, the scriptural descriptions may be borrowed into poetry, or the horizon may well be expanded by the direct scriptural translation through poetry. I remember that a genius as great as John Milton borrowed (in 'Paradise Lost') directly from the Biblical books frequently, and the same way, Alexander Pope copied the same from Milton, the same passages traveling here and there (and what is interesting is that they were all bestsellers). The same has been attempted numerous times in Punjabi poetry(from Guru Granth Sahib) by contemporary Punjabi poets, with only a few attempts being successful, the rest being only quoted prose-like, not even poetry.
Well, though slightly off topic, I suggest a poetic translation of our own scripture, or the Milton-like rendition,(though I wonder if it could ever be done deliberately, because geniuses are born and not made, they say). Many of the Sikhs during the period of Gurus were poets, and composed in Raagas, the message being a close explanation of Gurbani, and at some other times the sheer 'overflow' of imaginative thinking.
......I didn't mean to bore the SPN'ers, but that is how I am, building permutations and combinations everywhere.
