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Above Heroic (Though in Secret Done)
By Richard Mather Exile, or ignominy, or bonds, or pain You must wait for courage or grace but fate Is stubborn. Waiting is very...
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Under a Spinozan Lens: Israel, Zionism and Bob Dylan’s ‘Neighborhood Bully’
By Richard Mather [Article originally published on academia.edu for Holocaust Memorial Day / Yom HaShoah on 27th January 2024. Image:...
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The Original Sin
By Richard Mather Our DNA a polymer implant from our worldly creator, Blake’s Urizen. Backbone sidechain nitrogen phosphate And a plastic...
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Temple Curtain
By Richard Mather The temple curtain made of some heavy purple fabric, with its curious pleats and creases, its threads of silver and...
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The Light in That Place
By Richard Mather “Our holiday has been turned into a day of mourning” -- Chaim A. Kaplan By lamp and by oil, we hunger the hours as the...
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Adam’s Descent
By Richard Mather Adam is a dry rib but sinews are stretched, tissue and flesh fashioned. Man of Spirit, embodied. Descending the...
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Omega
By Richard Mather enfolding all into himself, upgathering from all sides and corners, mix- ing dark and light, warm and cold, Adam...
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The Moses Tree
By Richard Mather From the tangle of its roots, To the nests in its hair The tree blazed white and blue. And the tree sang the Lord’s...
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Shaddai
By Richard Mather A plant grows from the Nile, the שׁ, primordial cause, rooted in the water, breathing in the air, the commencement of...
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Buried beneath the Newsprint
By Richard Mather It was only when Snake Emerged from a black hole Between Mecca & Medina That God saw the problem. Speaking from the...
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Abraxas
By Richard Mather From the mouth of Abraxas A spectral force carries Aloud the magical words Ab, abba, ben, ruach, Abracadabra the...
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A Song of the Sabbath Sacrifice
By Richard Mather And so the gods of lead and brass, The idols and their thrones, The teraphim made of fibreglass The mummified skulls...
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