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Tree, 1943
My roots are split & my bone-bare branches brittle. I degenerate in a cruciformed landscape. There are many like me. Perhaps it’s a sign...

Richard Mather


Promise to Abraham
Abraham, it is time to leave your lonely tent. Find a vacant spot in the belly of your heart and learn to fear the Lord. Stop seeking the...

Richard Mather


Letter to Iyov
Before I had to chance to complete my creation I was cast down by the rebel angels and made to...

Richard Mather


Lamech’s Revelation
Lord, I have seen the inner workings of man and I am afraid. Poor and pathetic: he is corrupted from the start, living in a blasted...

Richard Mather


Image, Idol, Dream
Abraham prepared a table before me Even as I spoke harshly of the desert’s hot kisses. He moistened my head with oil. “You are safe,” he...

Richard Mather


Ba’al T’qiah (One Who Blows the Shofar)
A storm wind comes from the hidden north filling my mouth, my lungs, with dust ...

Richard Mather
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