"These Are the Words That Moses," poetry

First Edition: Published in Academic Exchange Extra (University of Northern Colorado [Greeley, CO]), 2010, February. Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022. Introduction While the Israelites camped on the Plains of Moab, preparing to cross the Jordon River and enter the land of Canaan, Moses wrote Deuteronomy (34 chapters). The book, covering two months in 1473 BCE, encourages, exhorts, and warns the great crowd of Jews in two particular aspects: 1) Give their God Jehovah exclusive devotion; and 2) Do not follow the lifestyles of surrounding nations. An excerpt Chapter 2 Why does rain fall also
Upon the King's Highway,
Upon brotherly mountains
And tableland too?
Even the Edomite, alone in the desert,
Gathers dew to refresh his dry lips and
Stinging throat. Even the sons
Of Esau find comfort in their mothers'
Arms and warm milk. Why does rain
Fall upon the smiter, and the singer of
Soft songs too? Why does the rain pour
Through the tent of a good man but
Off the tent of men planning his
Murder? Is this God of Jacob's sons
So impartial that men find fault with
Him? The author Dan Lukiv, published in 19 countries, is a poet, novelist, columnist, short story and article writer, and independent education researcher (hermeneutic phenomenology). As a creative writer, he apprenticed with Canada's Professor Robert Harlow (recipient of the George Woodcock Achievement award for an outstanding literary career), the USA's Paul Bagdon (Spur Award finalist for Best Original Paperback), and England's D. M. Thomas (recipient of the Cheltenham Prize for Literature, Orwell Prize [biography], Los Angeles Fiction Prize, and Cholmondeley award for poetry). He attended The University of British Columbia (creative writing department), the acclaimed Humber School for Writers (poetry writing program), and Writer's Digest University (novel writing program).