Book I-Genesis to Deuteronomy, poetry

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022.

An excerpt, a poem based on Deuteronomy chapter 33

Two-horned Joseph,

Neither an ox, castrated,

Unworthy of sacrifice,

Nor a unicorn, obviously-

O you wild bull, although

Gentler (?) than the crazed

Iberian from Spain,

No one will mistake you for

Marduk or Taurus, you

Soldier with two swords. O

You hater of blind gods,

Even those filled by gold,

How you will plough all day,

And eat while you thresh

And snort. See your

One horn,

Stronger than the other:

Which horn will exalt itself first,

Like one of those pretty

Women who tinkle as they

Walk?

The author

Dan Lukiv, published in 19 countries, is a poet, novelist, columnist, short story and article writer, and independent education researcher (hermeneutic phenomenology). As a creative writer, he apprenticed with Canada's Professor Robert Harlow (recipient of the George Woodcock Achievement award for an outstanding literary career), the USA's Paul Bagdon (Spur Award finalist for Best Original Paperback), and England's D. M. Thomas (recipient of the Cheltenham Prize for Literature, Orwell Prize [biography], Los Angeles Fiction Prize, and Cholmondeley award for poetry). He attended The University of British Columbia (creative writing department), the acclaimed Humber School for Writers (poetry writing program), and Writer's Digest University (novel writing program).