Dan Lukiv

Arctic Killer, poetry Dan Lukiv

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2021.

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 is a poet, novelist, columnist, short story and article writer, and independent education researcher (hermeneutic phenomenology). His creative writing has appeared in 19 countries. Recently, he has been experimenting with temporal shifts and narrative strings in his haiku and senryu.