The Ruby of the Universe, re-named
Arctic Killer "I...really enjoyed [
The Ruby of the Universe]...[It's] compelling", james horner,
canadiancontent.
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"I...enjoy[ ] [Lukiv's poetry] immensely", james horner,
canadian content.
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Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022.
Previously published as
The Ruby of the Universe (
canadiancontent [Vancouver, BC], 2000).
An excerpt
The Storm
Howling wind,
Rattling windows
Like Ginsberg,
Pounds cold into every
Naked bush
And gasping tree-
A spectacle of
Clawed fingers that
Maul bare skin
And flags that
Tear at Legion-poles
And pagan lights
That implode
Like the USSR.
Hear it howl
Like a gut-shot beast,
Looking for a place
To die.
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).
