Middle East Elegy
I am gone like a shadow at evening;I am shaken off like a locust. -Psalm 109 A father sobs. His shoulders shake.It’s still early in the night. More thermite,...
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Names long-listed for YHWH, the “I AM”
Denim woman reads a gardenWounds heal in fragrance of forest Skein of sea under silver wash of skySleeping soil beneath eucalyptus leavesRush of winged elm seed...
Etty Hillesum — Cosmic Sadness
Ought we not, from time to time, open ourselvesto cosmic sadness? … She was young, only 27, with faraway eyes,clear, and penetrating. A Dutch Jew, ...
Held in Derision by Jordan Peterson
I’m wandering under the wayless stars, over the naked breast of life, which resemblesthe Great Sandhills of Saskatchewan. At a summit,I see a breathing tree p...