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Four men in search of the truth

...There were four men
searching for truth
They all knew 
that sixteen hundred years before 
Someone was asked
by a washing hands' man
to say what was the truth.

One of them 
is on the tower o...

Categories: giordano, allusion, analogy, assonance, bible,
Form: Free verse

Giordano Bruno

...”to burn is not to refute” ~ Giordano Bruno’s last words


Burnt alive at the stake for mere dissent,
Bruno’s soul returns to question the church,
why he was killed just for his...

Categories: giordano, introspection, religion,
Form: Dizain

Heretic

...Giordano Bruno looked up at night 
Suggested stars were suns, not just points of light
Planets might circle those many suns
They might even have life, we might not be the only ones

The Church c...

Categories: giordano, freedom, history, humanity,
Form: Lyric

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Last Gasp of a Basilisk Witnessed By Five Italians

...As Michael slay the dragon under God's command
Reni and Palumbo outstretched their hands
As that ancient serpent was finally cast away
Young Jacopo the dyer painted all the day
As the seraph vanq...

Categories: giordano, allegory, destiny, evil, faith,
Form: Rhyme

Moderna Commedia, Third Canto, First Part

...Ancora in sogno vaga la mia mente
Nell’ignoto esplorando come Ulisse
Quando uno squarcio si apre immantinente.
Un uomo curvo col cappuccio nero
Che in tempi oscuri per la chiesa visse
Mi si rivolge i...

Categories: giordano, poems,
Form: Terza Rima

Differently

...If on this planet 
The secret of life had never been born
If evolution hadn't yielded humanity 
If the Trojans had refused to accept 
The gift of Greeks 
And Brutus hadn't joined the conspiracy
...

Categories: giordano, me, planet,
Form: I do not know?