"In the Beginning," poetry

First Edition: Published in Academic Exchange Extra (University of Northern Colorado [Greeley, CO]), June/July and August issues, 2008. Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. Introduction This collection (part of a greater design) makes poetic statements about the themes, imagery, symbolism, and people in the 50 chapters of Genesis (which covers 2,369 years of history). Lukiv plans to continue the project throughout the rest of the Bible (1139 chapters to go!). According to his calculations (as of June, 2008), he may complete the multi-volume work in about two decades. An excerpt Chapter 10 Nimrod Somebody,

King of Erech

And Accad,

Faced his God

And spat,

While his straight

Arrows pierced

Lungs of brothers;

Yes, he felled arms

And legs by

Slicing open

The torso. 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).