Category Archives: Poetry

John Donne: Go and Catch a Falling Star

Posted on April 9, 2018 by davidbruceblog

Go and catch a falling star,     Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me where all past years are,     Or who cleft the devil’s foot, Teach me to hear mermaids singing, Or to keep off envy’s stinging,             And … Continue reading →

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Dante’s PURGATORY, Canto 12: NIOBE

Posted on March 18, 2018 by davidbruceblog

Niobe, in an agony of grief, which is in the marble tempered and idealized, tries to protect her youngest daughter from destruction. (Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence); Public Domain, via Wiki Commons *** NIOBE *** guilty of great pride seven … Continue reading →

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davidbrucehaiku: artificial life

Posted on February 5, 2018 by davidbruceblog

Source: Wiki Commons *** ARTIFICIAL LIFE *** Artificial life Ballet dancers and singers Can also be good *** NOTE: Many Impressionist artists painted landscapes outdoors, but Edgar Degas preferred to paint indoor scenes of entertainers such as ballet dancers or … Continue reading →

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Davidbrucehaiku: DANTE’S INFERNO

Posted on January 27, 2018 by davidbruceblog

Free PDF Download of Davidbrucehaiku: DANTE’S INFERNO Here https://davidbruceblog.wordpress.com/patreon/ ***     *** DANTE PDFs and LINKs https://cosplayvideos.wordpress.com/dante-pdfs-and-links/ INFERNO SMASHWORDS (EBOOKS) https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/89244 PURGATORY SMASHWORDS (EBOOKS) https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/210951 PARADISE SMASHWORDS (EBOOKS) https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/238110 DIVINE COMEDY SMASHWORDS (EBOOKS) https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/238180 *** DANTE INFERNO HAIKU PDF … Continue reading →

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Dante’s INFERNO, Canto 34: STARS

Posted on January 27, 2018 by davidbruceblog

Engraver: Auguste Doré *** STARS *** Climb ever upward Dante looked and saw the stars Reached Purgatory *** NOTE: Virgil and Dante climb down Lucifer’s body, holding onto his body hair. At the center of the Earth — Lucifer’s crotch … Continue reading →

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Dante’s INFERNO, Canto 34: THREE WORST HUMAN SINNERS OF ALL TIME

Posted on January 27, 2018 by davidbruceblog

Engraver: Auguste Doré *** THREE WORST HUMAN SINNERS OF ALL TIME *** One head, three faces Brutus, Cassius, and Judas One chewed in each mouth *** NOTE: Lucifer has one head but three faces. In his mouths he chewed on … Continue reading →

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Dante’s INFERNO, Canto 34: LUCIFER

Posted on January 26, 2018 by davidbruceblog

Illustration: William Blake *** LUCIFER *** One head, three faces Perversion of Trinity This is Lucifer *** NOTE: Once Lucifer was the most beautiful of all beings. Now Lucifer is the foulest of all beings. *** https://davidbruceblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/02/dantes-inferno-canto-34-retelling-the-ultimate-evil/ *** Lulu (Paperback … Continue reading →

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Dante’s INFERNO, Canto 33: Living Bodies

Posted on January 26, 2018 by davidbruceblog

https://pixabay.com/en/dark-art-daemon-the-witch-fireball-2838965/ *** LIVING BODIES *** Bodies still alive Souls dead in the Inferno Too evil sinners *** NOTE: Some sinners are so evil that their souls enter the Inferno before their bodies die. While the souls suffer in Hell, demons … Continue reading →

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Dante’s INFERNO, Canto 33: death of innocents

Posted on January 25, 2018 by davidbruceblog

https://pixabay.com/en/child-boy-mother-tombstone-5835/ *** DEATH OF INNOCENTS *** Power politics Extreme factionalism Death of innocents *** NOTE: Ugolini and Ruggieri engaged in power politics, and innocents died as a result. *** https://davidbruceblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/01/dantes-inferno-canto-33-retelling/ *** https://www.amazon.com/Dantes-Divine-Comedy-Retelling-Prose-ebook/dp/B00923K8N0

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Dante’s INFERNO, Canto 33: UGOLINO AND RUGGIERI

Posted on January 24, 2018 by davidbruceblog

Engraver: Auguste Doré *** UGOLINO AND RUGGIERI *** Sinner eats the head Of the sinner who starved him And his family *** NOTE: Ugolino and Ruggieri were political rivals in Pisa. Ugolino was a Guelph, and Ruggieri was a Ghibelline. … Continue reading →

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