C Mainzer: 3 books

Steiner tells us that Mark was especially able to reveal Christ as a cosmic being of his greatness and power, because, after having been a pupil of Peter, he moved to Alexandria during a time when Jewish philosophy and theology was at it's peak. There he absorbed the best aspects and views of pagan gnosis....

This collection, written since Two Wives Ago: Selected Poems, includes poems on Isaac and strong-willed Abraham, King Lear and his troublesome daughters, the mysteries of choir practice, the historical prominence of male decapitation, a boy shot by the cops, searching the lake for a missing boy, a...

These poems reflect on Cains punishment for killing Abel, mischief that Jane Austens Elizabeth still causes, three swimmers striving to cross Puffers Pond, Albert Einsteins barbershop visit, a murder-suicide and a botched execution, father and sons picking wild blueberries, a snowman built by neighbor...