Dante’s Poem of Light: Conversing with Dante in Dream {1} is the beginning part of a fictional narrative trilogy in the tercet stanza.  It unfolds an imaginary conversation between two characters in a dream: a sincere heathen dreamer and the spirit of his revered poet, Dante (1265- 1321),  the author of The Divine Comedy.

 The Divine Comedy of Dante inspired the present work to follow its form and substance as much as it is possible by a novice. The dreamer’s Tale One consists of thirteen episodes, each called Song (similar to Dante’s Canto):

Song 1: Dante and a Dreamer

Song 2: Conception of the Divine Comedy

Song 3: Poetic Transfiguration

Song 4: The Aeneid of Vergil: Book Six

Song 5: On the Nature of Things by Lucretius

Song 6: The Myth of Er in The Republic of Plato

    Song 7: The Epic of Astral Messenger Er-Dante

Song 8: Enigma of the Limbo

    Song 9: Invention of Religions by Theocracies

    Song 10: Beholding God as a Simple Light

    Song 11: With Beatrice in the Paradise

   Song 12: Farewell between Beatrice and Dante

Song 13: Confession of the Dreamer