The Mapmaker, a poem by Eli Steier

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Date: 2013-08-11

Last Updated: 2024-06-01

Categories: Repenting, Resetting, and Forgiveness

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

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


Content:
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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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“The quiet mystical river Sambation”
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.