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    The Purple Dream
    The Purple Dream
    The Purple Dream
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    The Purple Dream

    By Paul Gouda

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    This book introduces a style of a unique fiber. A fusion between deep philosophy and creative poetry. ADAB society described the author as the resurrection of the greater Neruda.

    SOUL magazine wrote: History will prove that his new school of philosophical poetry will be the standard against which others will be measured.

    It is my pleasure, to once again, offer my highest recommendation.

    Prof. Timothy Bucha, Ph.D.

    ***

    A very enjoyable and moving book, and a great contribution to the global recognition of Canadian literature. Goudas books offer a plethora of original imagery:

    Our love will be dancing around us, long after all the angels have died, and god is old and gray.

    I dont believe in love with no hurricanes, no earth quakes, no roaring militia storming the bedroom with heavy artilleries.

    He wrote about jumping over the moons fence to seduce the moons daughter, climbing a womans breasts to unbraid her hair. The imagery in poems such as my bed is angry, synthetic love, the pregnant dream, a misspelled idea, a song with no lyrics, a night full sins, a loud sound under my skin, plastic lips - are samples of his unique fascinating style of emphasizing metaphors and profound imagery.

    The incredible manipulation of the language makes this book one of a kind. A must for every art library.

    Dr. Adel Josephs, Ph.D.

    ***

    Powerful material, by a genius writer. Stunning.

    Spring 2013 issue. The Washington Art News Gazette.

    ***

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateMay 31, 2013
    ISBN9781475992434
    The Purple Dream
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    Paul Gouda

    Dr. Paul Gouda is an Analytical Chemist, and a Pharmacology – medical Research Scientist who wrote several analytical chemistry and medical textbooks. While serving as a head chemist, he enjoyed his love for literature, joining an evening programme at a local university long enough to acquire another degree, this lime in literature. Being a scholar with two unrelated doctorates, and with a taste for philosophical poetry , is evident in his creative writing style. He is a published poet and is the 2011 Global WPS’ Best Poet Award recipient. His books, in science and literature, can be accessed at www.GoudaBooks.com His work in science is equally impressive, with several analytical methods that were developed by him, and were adopted by the national agencies who named the methods after him. This includes his work in environmental chemical ultra-trace analysis, his research in chemical manipulation of hormonal compounds for pharmacology use, and his medical paper on gender selection, “Choosing the sex of you baby.” … For the past two decades, he lived with his only son, Pelé – whom he had raised as a single father until recently when the cycle of life introduced the inevitable, his son leaving home for college, and for his independence. Paul now lives on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, as a semi-retired single man, enjoying writing, and the occasional lecture or consultation. Dr. Gouda welcomes your correspondence, whether for literature-related, or science-related events and discussions. He can be reached at: Gouda@Chemist.com PaulGouda@ChemistsAssociation.com Paul@GoudaBooks.com

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      Book preview

      The Purple Dream - Paul Gouda

      The

      Purple

      Dream

      Paul Gouda

      { . . . in 2011, he the author dazzled the poets’ societies with his fascinating book "The Scent Of The Full Moon."

      Paul Gouda, in "The Purple Dream," has elegantly and indubitably secured his chair on the council of the elite authors.

      His work is a great contribution to the global library’s recognition of the Canadian literature; and has established a unique style of philosophical poetry.}

      ADAB Society magazine

      The Purple Dream

      2nd. Edition

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      Copyright © 2013 by Paul Gouda.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used, reproduced

      or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, graphic or

      mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any

      information storage retrieval system, without a written permission

      from the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied

      in academic or critical articles and reviews.

      ISBN: 978-1-4759-9242-7 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4759-9243-4 (ebk)

      iUniverse rev. date: 16/05/2013

      Table of Contents

      About this book

      Preface

      Understanding philosophical poetry.

      Every dream has a father

      A smile, the roses remembered

      Foreign hooligans

      Dun-coloured dress

      The priest is asleep

      The birth of rain

      Genie in a bottle

      She sat on my dream

      Pickwickian beauty

      A silent epistle

      To learn how to kiss

      Defeated giant

      The nightmare of dying lizards

      flummery of ghosts

      The dawn’s coffee

      Seducing god’s wife

      The aluminum moon

      Reverberations of days unknown

      Unnamed memories

      The music of knives

      A supercilious look

      The silent suit

      Challenging my cigar

      Learning to breed emotions

      A neglected child

      The ultimate question

      A blindfolded dream

      Timbre of a kiss

      Oranges’ scent

      Leer of a mountain cabin

      A banana skin

      The theory of poetry

      Silver eyes

      A forest, made of concrete

      A rose from an old bouquet

      Another planet of thought

      I can’t do that

      A coulee of the past

      The Mysteriarch

      Baptized in the coffin

      Wrapped gumption

      The river has departed

      Flames of coffee

      The daughter of God

      Singing rabbits

      Open sesame

      Mummified love

      Depleted, but not at heart

      Power of weakness

      Tomb on the moon

      Barefoot fire

      The blood of the sun

      Don’t laugh, mother

      We burn fire

      The pregnant moon

      A cell of deception

      Castrated roses

      Fake applauds

      A green night

      Albedo of the moon

      The voice of incense

      Fair or foul

      Trapped in the fog

      Beguiled by a few

      A green meadow

      Horde of women

      Error in the poem

      Perhaps

      The price of lust

      Emotionally illiterate

      An emerald pigeon

      A translated smile

      Trite leaves

      Man of stone

      I will believe you

      Women and children

      Stifled breath

      Perpetual turbulence

      Dragging the water by a single wave!

      Too gorgeous for lust

      A missing page

      A poet with a dream

      A disguised reptile

      The wolf pack

      Emotionally blind

      The nightmare of a goodbye kiss.

      God, on the barn roof

      Arousing smile

      Happy ending

      Fermented emotions

      The wall, at the end of the world

      closing prayer

      About the author

      Other books by the author

      The thoughts, contemplations and interpretations presented by this book, are not necessarily reflections on the author’s personal experience, feelings or views. This material is not the work of an autobiography, memoirs of known individuals, nor a chronicle of real events.

      These reflections are simply the work of an author; material produced in the form of poetic and philosophical social analysis of scenes that are patterns we all witness in life; whether through a friend, a neighbour, or even a theatre production.

      The nearly 100 poems book, is a creation of artistic literature, presenting fictional characters, scenes and scenarios from all walks of life; happy emotions, sad failures and other social experiences, narrated by the voice of a lover, a friend, a woman in or out of love, a father, a son or a daughter; et al. A wide scope of social voices.

      It is to be approached as a collection of short stories, or chapters dwelling on scenes from everyday life.

      Hence, the material presented herein does not condemn, criticize nor refer to specific individuals; and any resemblance in personality, act or event is merely coincidental.

      Having said that, in order for the reader to truly, deeply, emotionally and fully enjoy the material, the reader is advised to embrace, absorb and to adopt the spirit of each piece on a personal level.

      The material, written in a philosophical ambiance, is crafted in a metaphoric format that may accommodate more than one interpretation.

      The reader must feel, live, and relate to the presented imagery or scenario, in the personal tone that the author has seized it and debated it; i.e. with the assumption that you are listening directly to the real personal experience of the narrator.

      This book was written with the intent to present you with a plethora of different emotions and reflections, via an artistic, imagery-based literature.

      Paul Gouda

      Copyright registration; USA & Canada 2013

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Gouda, Paul - The purple dream - Philosophical Poetry.

      PS8613.O81P87 2013       C811’.6       C2013-901363-6

      Canadian Intellectual Property Office.

      Certificate of registration of copyright number: 1102343

      Paul Gouda, Owner & Author.

      2013-03-21

      Issued pursuant to sections 49 & 53 of

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