The Mapmaker, a poem by Eli Steier

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Date: 2013-08-11

Last Updated: 2025-03-27

Categories: Repenting, Resetting, and Reconciliation

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., imagination, maps, psalms 19

Excerpt: A poem with perspective by Eli Steier. . . .

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	Cold facts. Colder realities. The preacher who lost his way The librarian who empties the shelves The cook without a spoon The child masking as a king The king masking as a child. The mapmaker studies them all Furrowing his brow tightly Crafting lines delicately. Charges Nothing And Changes Everything

Contributor: Eli Steier

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Name: Eli Steier
Bio: Eli Steier is an avid fan of the often-libeled bird, the pigeon. This may have been the natural result of being born and raised in Queens. A graduate of SUNY Stony Brook, he has studied at Pardes in Israel, and is a former board member of the Wandering Jews of Astoria.
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Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/eli-steier

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Title: “The quiet mystical river Sambation”
Caption: Illustration: "The heavily armed army of 'red Jews' comes from the mountains of darkness. Before them lies the quiet mystical river Sambation" from Titelblatt einer Flugschrift. Augsburg 1523. VD16 V 2687.