Suspending the Muse addresses issues regarding the authentic article of living in the present. It is an adventure into the unknown where the mind leaves the body to unearth what is concealed. There is a meaningful focus on redeeming time past through time present as time future becomes a grain of sand leading to an enlightened house of many rooms. In this poetic work, author Dean Gardner uses dazzling wordplay and vivid imagery to pay homage to the artistic muse, that elusive spirit whose visits inspire great works and whose absences haunts those who create. It is That it was destiny That brought him To the threshold Of the beyond Through a portal Found in the third eye Of the muse She led him To the power Of The Spirit of Truth Allowing him To go Beyond phenomenal reality As the celestial clocks Yielded To a parabola of time Anyone who has pursued creative ventures will understand this look into the muse’s journey. Suspending the Muse is a quest for comprehension in the face of the unknown as self and muse battle with nothingness. It is an overture to postmodernism in both form and substance.