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    Lay Down Your Armor
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Feb 28
    • 1 min

    Lay Down Your Armor

    Lay down your armor And play for me your precious lyre; And let me hear Your deepest dreams and frail desires. Lay down your armor And...
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    Life
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Dec 21, 2020
    • 1 min

    Life

    Life is like a waking dream, Ripples on a fading stream, It has laughter, it has crying— A beginning and an ending. It's dear like a...
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    Modern Dreams
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Nov 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Modern Dreams

    The dreams I had have been forgotten now— The dreams I once believed I knew were true— The dreams I know will haunt me every day— The...
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    On Dante's 700th Anniversary: Dante's Commedia, Or How to Escape a Modern Inferno
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Oct 10, 2020
    • 13 min

    On Dante's 700th Anniversary: Dante's Commedia, Or How to Escape a Modern Inferno

    This is the accompanying article to a lecture given by the same author, as part of the RTF Lecture Series “The Renaissance Principle...
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    An Andalusian Dream
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Aug 31, 2020
    • 1 min

    An Andalusian Dream

    Over the sultry seas and snowy peaks, A rich and glowing sun appears, Creeping from out the craggy recesses And pouring through the...
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    Profiles in Poetry: Johann Wolfgang Goethe
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Aug 28, 2020
    • 9 min

    Profiles in Poetry: Johann Wolfgang Goethe

    The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) remains...
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    Chinese Mountain Man VI: The Gorge
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Jul 6, 2020
    • 1 min

    Chinese Mountain Man VI: The Gorge

    The travelers had reached a gorge Whose darkness they would have to breach. The mountaintops lay far ahead— “Such darkness has a lot to...
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    Chinese Mountain Man V: The Foggy Trail
    By David B. Gosselin
    • May 11, 2020
    • 1 min

    Chinese Mountain Man V: The Foggy Trail

    A sage and his disciple stood Before a foggy mountain trail: They thought about their lives and all The mysteries of earth’s dark veil....
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    Dog Dreams
    By Daniel Leach
    • May 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    Dog Dreams

    Sometimes I imagine that I am still young, Like an old sleeping dog in his dreams; His legs move, and he pants at the air with his...
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    Chinese Mountain Man IV: The Mountain Wood
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Apr 6, 2020
    • 1 min

    Chinese Mountain Man IV: The Mountain Wood

    A sage and pupil made their way Into a deep and darkened wood. They searched and wandered places Where for years no traveler would. The...
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    Chinese Mountain Man: The Phoenix
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Feb 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Chinese Mountain Man: The Phoenix

    It was upon a quiet night As graying clouds raced past the moon, A sage and pupil made their way Into a deep and darkened wood. Among ...
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    Edgar Allan Poe and the Mask of the 20th Century
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Oct 5, 2019
    • 14 min

    Edgar Allan Poe and the Mask of the 20th Century

    BUT for the cruel aspersions upon the character and life of America’s poetic genius, EDGAR ALLAN POE, this volume would have remained...
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    Chinese Mountain Man II: The Storm
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Mar 11, 2019
    • 1 min

    Chinese Mountain Man II: The Storm

    Among the starry schemes and bright Plateaus of foggy mountain peaks, A master and his pupil made Their way towards the dragon’s grot. ...
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    Chinese Mountain Man I: Dragon Mountain
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Mar 4, 2019
    • 1 min

    Chinese Mountain Man I: Dragon Mountain

    A master and his pupil stood Before the foot of Dragon Mount. They readied themselves for the trek Across its dark and snowy grots....
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    The Sea
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Feb 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    The Sea

    Restless, my soul wakens As the city stirs, Street lights flicker like stars, And the sea whispers. Languid ocean waves rush To the...
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    Why John Keats Is Not a Romantic
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Oct 29, 2018
    • 32 min

    Why John Keats Is Not a Romantic

    While most professors and critics place John Keats in the same category of poets as Romantics like Lord Byron, William Wordsworth and...
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    A Late Dante Canzone - Amor, che movi tua vertu da cielo
    Original Translation
    • Apr 7, 2018
    • 4 min

    A Late Dante Canzone - Amor, che movi tua vertu da cielo

    Oh Love, who takes his power from on high As the sun does its splendor, So do the rays of your perpetual fire Shine brighter where they...
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    The Jewels of Andalusia - The Spanish Knight
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Sep 27, 2017
    • 2 min

    The Jewels of Andalusia - The Spanish Knight

    Wa le ghalib il Allah (God is the only victor) -Muhamed Ibn-l-Ahmar, founder of the Alhambra Palace He rides across the star-engulfed...
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