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Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt on the window sill, our cat watches crows on roofs-kings, cawing 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt, a poem based on chapter three of Job Take a skin-bottleOf wine and toss it fromThe height of an eagle's nest, Smash a stone jar, And watch the waters rushInto the street, To disappear like mists uponMeadows in the rising sun, Press out the flame of a wickAnd render the candleUseless, Let the man ride LeviathanBeneath cold waves, For a moment, Let a rock from a high cragEnd it all upon a skullDeadened by its ownDespair, Let thoughts end inThat place where gloom hatchesEggs that reveal hideousMemories of a failed life, Watch the bramble bush rollAcross the wildernessAnd disappear from sight. Yes, the bramble bush, Void of violet flowers andRed berries, Rolling, rolling, Gone. 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt such a storm! theferry rolls; a lady fallsinto my soup 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt wind inarbutus trees heads forthe sea 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt yellow flowerson gnarly trees that cling togrey cliffs 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).

First Edition: Quesnelnews.com (Quesnel, BC), 2000. Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt Night-Loons The night, like this dock, Is mine: The dark waves of Dragon LakeLook oily-Hardly a ripple- As loons cry(Their voices disturb me), And I wonder: Would I be happyIf I could remember everythingI've forgotten? Another loon cries: The sound is hollow and cold, Like echoes in a barge. I wonder: Have I ever actuallySeen a loon? I can't remember. 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt ravens jumpabout on hot pavement-mouths open 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt as night falls, doves continue cooing-gentle earth 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt the moss-covered tree, pushed over bycold wind 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt wet lilacsdroop by the river where oldmen fly fish 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt mist rising fromthe green mountain-eaglesperched in trees 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt the photoof the widow and her husband-so faded 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).

First Edition: LukivPress Online (Quesnel, BC), 2012. Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. Introduction As a trustworthy cupbearer and confidant, Nehemiah serves Persian emperor Artaxerxes Longimanus, in Shushan the castle. But once he learns that fellow Jews in Jerusalem "are in a very bad plight and in reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its very gates have been burned with fire" (Nehemiah 1:3), his demeanour, even before Artaxerxes, changes. A gloom pervades his heart. How will the emperor respond? Will he unleash rage on Nehemiah for infecting his royal space with dreariness? No! He gives Nehemiah permission to travel to Jerusalem and rebuild the walls! In spite of enemies such as Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, who conspire to discourage and frighten Jews into abandoning their restoration work, the walls stand completed and sound in just 52 days!-to the chagrin of surrounding nations that rejoiced for years over the spectacle of ruin that haunted Jerusalem. Nehemiah's courage and leadership provide the spiritual and physical inertia that drives this dramatic story. And yet, in terms of drama, Nehemiah (which covers over twelve years [456 BCE to after 443 BCE]) offers a great deal more than the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls in its only 13 chapters. It highlights Jehovah's unrelenting hand in matters concerning true worship and his chosen people. An excerpt Chapter 9 the shepherd how frail, the skeletonof a wizened man, above the billowy sheepand grassy meadow- how deep, his dream, warped as his spine, distant as the wan moon, heavy as the broad stone on which he sits, waiting for his bird, bird of prey, to ride, come riding, upon an empty wind, with its belly in a grave, to swoop downand peck away, once and for all, the vision of a manwith brazen wings, bearing beyondthe grey-blue peaksabove. 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt a long snailcarries its houseup a stair 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).

First Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt again, at sunset, rabbits leave the forest torun in the field 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt winter's end-waterfalls will returnalong the cliffs 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt jade river, singing about its journeyto the sea 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).

First Edition: LukivPress Online (Quesnel, BC), 2011. Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. Introduction Gad and Nathan, two prophets close to David, wrote dramatic and intense Second Samuel (completed about 1040 BCE), which highlights that Judean king's highly public relationship with Jehovah over 40 years. This emotionally charged narrative (of 24 chapters) describes Israel's transformation from a place of chaos and strife to one of unity and prosperity under this brave and steadfast king. The book helps readers meditate on not only what godly obedience and integrity mean, but also on what sort of individuals Jehovah finds spiritually agreeable. An excerpt Chapter 2 What gift, Or curse, Slices foe and spillsHis own sap?See the gazelleSpeeding throughTall grassInto the wideJaws of the hungryWolf. SeeAsahel-Unsluggish feet!She-bear!Man upon a swiftArrow!Esteemed among30! Abner cried: "Stop!"Again, "Stop!"With death bluntlySticking from hisBack, rupturedAsahel, the fallenGazelle and dead lion, Left bitternessAnd revenge forJoab, his brother, To chew. 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt in the farm-yard a wooden windmill hasfallen over 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt mist roll-ing down the hill, towardsthe deer 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).

First Edition: Published in Academic Exchange Extra (University of Northern Colorado [Greeley, CO]), 2010, February. Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. Introduction While the Israelites camped on the Plains of Moab, preparing to cross the Jordon River and enter the land of Canaan, Moses wrote Deuteronomy (34 chapters). The book, covering two months in 1473 BCE, encourages, exhorts, and warns the great crowd of Jews in two particular aspects: 1) Give their God Jehovah exclusive devotion; and 2) Do not follow the lifestyles of surrounding nations. An excerpt Chapter 2 Why does rain fall also Upon the King's Highway, Upon brotherly mountainsAnd tableland too?Even the Edomite, alone in the desert, Gathers dew to refresh his dry lips andStinging throat. Even the sonsOf Esau find comfort in their mothers'Arms and warm milk. Why does rainFall upon the smiter, and the singer ofSoft songs too? Why does the rain pourThrough the tent of a good man butOff the tent of men planning hisMurder? Is this God of Jacob's sonsSo impartial that men find fault withHim? 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt spruce on therocky hillside-hot day, wasps about 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt green canopyof leaves along the stream-deer, drinking 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt waves crashagainst the ancient sea wall-spray on my face 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt four geeseflying beneath dark clouds-long necks 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt in the harbour, enormous ships tied up-grudges 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. Introduction Traditionally, the 150 psalms-songs, praises to Jehovah-have been divided into five books (Book 1, Psalms 1 to 41; Book 2, 42 to 72; Book 3, 73 to 89; Book 4, 90 to 106; and Book 5 [this collection: "Give Thanks to Jehovah"], 107 to 150). Moses (poet-prophet-songwriter) began the work. But not until over one thousand years later, in the postexilic days of 460 BCE, did this emotionally charged book of prophecy that celebrates Jehovah's grandeur and "dynamic energy" and mighty acts of fame come to its close. An excerpt Chapter 107 His face, awash withSwirling waters-A roaring stampedeOf froth; itsBelly full of fish-Disappears into his heart, And the dryness of anotherDay reveals sand;His face, now a desert, A paradise of scorpionsAnd thin tufts of grass, Boasts the odd dwarfJuniper or gnarledTamarisk. He has changedAs the moon from fullTo new, as the day fromBright to dark, And the vineyards alongHis temples, and fig treesThat adorn his ears, Have become placesOf salt, vastlands of produceRemoved, as age that removesVitality from limbsAnd life from the eye. And in his heart, whereWaters find themselves likeJoseph in the pit, The man he once was has becomeA bird without wings. 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).

Previously published in An Introductory Creative Writing Program (Academic Exchange Extra [University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, CO)], 2008). Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. A book for writers, especially poets: An excerpt Evocative works encourage readers to visualize real or vicarious memories or images from the past, present or future, especially given a thematic foundation. The connotations of words in a poem or fiction naturally work together to help readers visualize those memories or images. In the light of a work's theme or themes, evocative power, then, logically can stand, at least partially, as a function of connotative value in a linear or perhaps exponential relationship. In simpler language, increased connotative value pumps up evocative power. 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).

First Edition: Published in Academic Exchange Extra (University of Northern Colorado [Greeley, CO]), 2010, March. Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. Introduction Joshua, a historical narrative in 24 chapters (1473 to 1450 BCE ): The Israelites end their 40-year trek through the wilderness, miraculously cross the Jordan River dry-shod, and begin the formidable task of dispossessing Canaanites from their own territory. During about six years of warfare, 31 of their kings fall to the Israelite army under the relentless leadership of Joshua, whose example inspires faith and courage. He divides the conquered land amongst various tribes, reminds fellow Israelites that "not one word out of all the good words that Jehovah your God has spoken to you has failed," and dies at 110 years of age. An excerpt Chapter 7 At a table that transcendsThe space between sunsetsOr dark moons, And the distance between theDemise of empires, likeBabylon that fell in one nightAnd Greece that choppedItself into four, imagineAchan, lover of gold and fineClothes and his family who diedAt his side, seated with leprousGehazi and Judas the metaphorWho lost his intestines; listenTo them speak in hushedVoices, hiding their wisdomUnder their tongues. 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).

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. An excerpt blue-greydolphins beside our sailboat-frolicking 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).