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    The Trial of Pythagoras & Other Poems
    The Trial of Pythagoras & Other Poems
    The Trial of Pythagoras & Other Poems
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    The Trial of Pythagoras & Other Poems

    By William Davey

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    A formidable sequence of poems in a variety of poetic styles, which cast an ironic and penetrating eye upon the vision that science, and particularly mathematics, can explain all of the great mysteries of the universe.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Wessex Collective
    Release dateNov 6, 2012
    ISBN9781301553433
    The Trial of Pythagoras & Other Poems
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    William Davey

    William Davey’s literary prowess is well know in Western Europe and the Pacific rim. He has been called “an extraordinary writer” in France and “a lion with a heart” in England. Son of renowned painter Randall Davey, he was educated at Princeton, the University of California at Berkeley, New York University and the Sorbonne. He has been a high-goal polo player, an army instructor of horsemanship at Fort Riley, a commando during WWII in the First Special Service Force on which the Green Berets now fashion themselves, a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and the U. S. Chess Association. He has published three novels, a volume of short stories, and three volumes of poetry

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      The Trial of Pythagoras & Other Poems - William Davey

      …Really wonderful poetry, like these sonnets, inspires a certain awe as well as delight…

      —M.L. McCarthy, editor, Candelabrum Poetry Magazine (U.K.)

      "The Trial of Pythagoras is fantastic and extraordinary."

      —Dr. Danaë Papastratou, editor, Perigramma (Greece)

      …The poems are beautifully written…"

      —Yu-Lun Chen, editor, The World of English (China)

      …a master poet…"

      —Dr. Ramasamy, chief editor, Parnassus of World Poets (India)

      "These poems have great elegance, variety and intellect and something to say!"

      —Crystal Brown, poetry editor, Antietam Review (U.S.)

      THE TRIAL OF PYTHAGORAS & OTHER POEMS

      by

      WILLIAM DAVEY

      Smashwords Edition

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      The Wessex Collective on Smashwords

      The Trial of Pythagoras & Other Poems copyright 2012 by Susan S. Davey. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without permission from the editor

      Smashwords Edition

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Print edition of The Trial of Pythagoras & Other Poems published by ALYSCAMPS PRESS in Paris and London in 1996

      GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ARE DUE TO

      R.P.Burnham, editor, The Long Story (U.S.); Dr. Ramasamy Devaraj, editor, Parnassus of World Poets (India); Roberta McKeown, editor, massacre (U.K.); Madubuko Diakité, editor, The Lundian (Sweden); Professor Sun Shaozhen, for Wenwei (Hong Kong); Claire Piggott, former editor, Poetry Nottingham (U.K.); Mark L. Levinson, editor, Voices Israel (Israel); Elizabeth Mellichamp, managing editor, The Lyric (U.S.); Dr. Krisna Srinivas, editor, Poet (India); Crystal Brown, poetry editor, Antietam (U.S.); Yu-Lun Chen, chief editor, The World of English (China); Frederick A. Raborg, Jr., editor, SPSM&H (U.S.)

      FOR INFORMATION TREATED IMAGINATIVELY IN MY POETIC DRAMA OF PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS THE TRIAL OF PYTHAGORAS, I AM INDEBTED TO:

      (Editor) A.J. Ayer’s Logical Positivism; George Boaz’ The Major Traditions of European Philosophy; John Boslough’s Stephen Hawking’s Universe; Sir Maurice Bowra’s The Greek Experience; John Burnet’s Early Greek Philosophy and Greek Philosophy: Thales to Plato; Robert Burnham, Jr.’s Celestial Handbook; Ronald W. Clark’s Einstein; Will Durant’s The Life of Greece; (Editor) Paul Edwards’ The Encyclopedia of Philosophy; Edward Hussey’s The Presocratics; (Editor) Alexander P.D. Mourelatos’s The Pre-Socratics; and Bertrand Russell’s Wisdom of the West.

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      FRONT COVER: Hector and Andromache by Giorgio de Chirico, © 1996 Foundation Giorgio de Chirico/Licenced by VAGA, New York, N.Y. Photograph courtesy of Scala/Art Resource, N.Y. (Collection: Fondazione Gianni Mattioli, Milan, Italy).

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      AUTHOR’S NOTE

      COAL MINER’S CHILD

      STEELWORKER’S CHILD

      SHARECROPPERS

      MOUNTAIN FARMER

      TRANSOMS

      CANKERED CAMEO

      VILLANELLE OF LEUKEMIA

      THE FOUR WINDS OF GIORDANO BRUNO

      THE DEATH OF HINDENBURG

      NIGHTMARE AT WOLFSSCHANZE

      HERALDIC MEMORIAL

      SAPPHICS IN A CAR GRAVEYARD

      STARVATION

      THE LIVES OF SOLDIERS

      KONZENTRATIONSLAGER BUCHENWALD

      FORGOTTEN AGONIES

      SQUAD DREAMING OF STREET FIGHTING

      TROOP TRANSPORT

      LOVE ABOVE A MINED BEACH

      LIFELESS RENDEZVOUS

      THE BIRDCAGE

      THE VOYAGE

      TIME

      NIGHTS LIKE MOONSTONES

      DREAMING HEMISPHERE

      LIGHTNING

      LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

      ODD ALPHABET

      LANDSCAPE OF BONE

      VERTIGOES

      THE BELL OF STARS

      BLACK SUNLIGHT

      MINE DETECTOR

      MEMORIAL TO THE THIRD

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